Henry Sutton (inventor)
Henry Sutton | |
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Born |
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia | 3 September 1855
Died |
28 July 1912 56) Malvern, Victoria, Australia | (aged
Occupation | Inventor |
Henry Sutton (1855-1912) born in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia[1] was an inventor credited with contributions to many forefront technologies of the day. Sutton studied and then lectured at the Ballarat School of Mines (SMB).[2][3][4] He died in 1912 at the age of 56. [5]
Inventions
Some of his inventions include
- various telephones[6]
- lightbulbs
- a dynamo
- a prototype Ornithopter/helicopter
- radio transmitters/receivers[7][8]
- the world’s first portable wireless radio
- a colour-printing process
- battery[9]
- several vacuum pumps[10]
- telephane[11] an early design for a television.[12]
- An improved process of converting a photographic image on a gelatine surface into a relief or intaglio printing surface[13][14]
Sutton Autocar
From 1898 Sutton held patents for improvements in combustion engine carburettors.[15][16] By 1899 he had built and driven the Sutton Autocar, one of the first motor cars in Australia.[2] In 1903 Sutton was a founding member of the Automobile Club of Victoria.[5]
References
- ↑ Victorian BDM index
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gervasoni, Clare. "Henry SUTTON". Federation University Australia Honour Roll.
- ↑ Withers,William Bramwell (1887). The History of Ballarat, from the First Pastoral Settlement to the Present Time (2 ed.). Ballarat: F.W. Niven And Co.
- ↑ Beggs Sunter, Anne. "Henry Sutton the Eureka man" (PDF). Australian Heritage.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 McCallum, Austin. "Henry Sutton". Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- ↑ Improvements in electric circuits for telephonic purposes Patent 1886
- ↑ "WIRELESS EXPERIMENTS. A MELBOURNE INVENTOR. A SENSITIVE DETECTOR.". The Mercury (Hobart, Tas). 7 March 1912.
- ↑ Watt, Jarrod (12 Feb 2012). "Australian's forgotten radio pioneer: the amazing Henry Sutton". ABC radio.
- ↑ Sutton, H. "On a New Form of Secondary Cell for Electrical Storage". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 1882.
- ↑ Sutton, H. "Description Of Vacuum Apparatus" (PDF). Review 13 Dec 1881.
- ↑ Sutton, H. "1885 Telephane system diagrams" (PDF). Telegraphic Journal and Electrical Review 7 Nov 1890.
- ↑ Henry Sutton bio – IEEE Global History Network.
- ↑
- ↑ "An improved process of converting a photographic image on a gelatine surface into a relief or intaglio printing surface. US381091". Google patents. Nov 9, 1887.
- ↑ "Explosive-engine. US 650736". Google patents. Dec 7, 1898.
- ↑ "Speed-regulator for explosive-engines. US 664689". Google patents. Jul 10, 1899.
External links
- Henry Sutton: A Forgotten Genius Storify by David Whatson
- Henry Sutton - inventor of television ABC Radio National - The Science Show, 22 Dec 2012
- The legacy of Henry Sutton by Mike Smyth, Electronics Online
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