FFH
Veteran Member
Engineers and Inventors
John Moses Browning
(1855-1926)
gunsmith
The most famous firearms designer the world has ever known with the greatest firearms inventory in history. With 128 firearm patents, John M. Brownings inventions have marked every armed conflict from World War I through Desert Storm.
Philo T. Farnsworth
(1906-1971)
inventor (television)
He developed and invented electronic television. He lived in Idaho, and the first image he transmitted was an image of his wife.
Almon H. Clegg
electronics engineer
He is a pioneer in the revolution of digital audio, was instrumental in development of digital recording and the digital audio disc which led to the compact disc revolution. He is a fellow member of the Audio Engineering Society; a life member of the Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) and author of many technical papers on audio and acoustics. He was chairman of the International Electro-technical Commission (IEC) responsible for setting standards in audio, video and multimedia systems for world standardization; engineering and management executive for Matsu****a Electric Industries (Panasonic, Quasar, Technics, etc.); and recording engineer for Denon recordings of classical music.
Robert B. Ingebretsen
(1949-2003)
inventor (compact discs)
In 1999, he received an Academy Award for his pioneering work in digital sound. Ingebretsen and his mentor, Thomas Stockham, invented technology that translated analog sound into a digital format -- a discovery that eventually led to the development of compact discs.
Photo: UDOT
Lester Wire
(1887-1958)
inventor (traffic light)
He invented one of the world's first electric traffic lights in 1912 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was a detective on the city police force. A wooden box with a slanted roof, the lights were colored with red and green dye and shone through circular openings. The box was mounted on a pole and the wires were attached to the overhead trolley and light wires. It was manually operated. Cleveland, Ohio, adopted a more elaborate electric signal in 1914, which became the prototype of all modern systems. Its two colors (red and green) could be controlled both by hand or by an automatic timer. They were supplemented by warning buzzers. These could still easily be heard, as traffic then was not as deafening as it is nowadays. The number of buzzes one or two indicated the direction.
John Moses Browning
(1855-1926)
gunsmith
The most famous firearms designer the world has ever known with the greatest firearms inventory in history. With 128 firearm patents, John M. Brownings inventions have marked every armed conflict from World War I through Desert Storm.
Philo T. Farnsworth
(1906-1971)
inventor (television)
He developed and invented electronic television. He lived in Idaho, and the first image he transmitted was an image of his wife.
Almon H. Clegg
electronics engineer
He is a pioneer in the revolution of digital audio, was instrumental in development of digital recording and the digital audio disc which led to the compact disc revolution. He is a fellow member of the Audio Engineering Society; a life member of the Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) and author of many technical papers on audio and acoustics. He was chairman of the International Electro-technical Commission (IEC) responsible for setting standards in audio, video and multimedia systems for world standardization; engineering and management executive for Matsu****a Electric Industries (Panasonic, Quasar, Technics, etc.); and recording engineer for Denon recordings of classical music.
Robert B. Ingebretsen
(1949-2003)
inventor (compact discs)
In 1999, he received an Academy Award for his pioneering work in digital sound. Ingebretsen and his mentor, Thomas Stockham, invented technology that translated analog sound into a digital format -- a discovery that eventually led to the development of compact discs.
Photo: UDOT
Lester Wire
(1887-1958)
inventor (traffic light)
He invented one of the world's first electric traffic lights in 1912 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was a detective on the city police force. A wooden box with a slanted roof, the lights were colored with red and green dye and shone through circular openings. The box was mounted on a pole and the wires were attached to the overhead trolley and light wires. It was manually operated. Cleveland, Ohio, adopted a more elaborate electric signal in 1914, which became the prototype of all modern systems. Its two colors (red and green) could be controlled both by hand or by an automatic timer. They were supplemented by warning buzzers. These could still easily be heard, as traffic then was not as deafening as it is nowadays. The number of buzzes one or two indicated the direction.
