List of Croatian inventions and discoveries

Croatian inventions and discoveries are objects, processes or techniques invented or discovered, by people from Croatia.

Invention/discovery Inventor/discoverer Notes
Pay-by-phone parking Group of computer scientists
Electric speedometer Josip Belušić[1]
Roger Joseph Boscovich[2][3][4][5]
Genomic phylostratigraphy Tomislav Domazet-Lošo
Ethanol-chlorobenzene dosimetry Igor Dvornik
Azithromycin Slobodan Đokić, Gorjana Radoboja-Lazarevski, Zrinka Tamburašev, Gabrijela Kobrehel[6][7]
William Feller
First tungsten filament for electric light bulbs Franjo Hanaman & Aleksandar Just[8]
Janko group Zvonimir Janko
Low temperature difference (ΔT) Stirling engine Ivo Kolin[9]
Duplex connection of telegraphic transmission Ferdinand Kovačević[10]
Tincture of iodine Antonio Grossich[11][12][13]
  • Liscic/NANMAC probe
  • Ispen-Liscic sensor
 Božidar Liščić
Anthony Francis Lucas[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] Working near Beaumont, Texas, Lucas struck oil on January 10, 1901, the largest gusher ever at that time. The discovery of oil at Spindletop led to widespread oil exploration and economic development in the state, later becoming known as the Texas oil boom.[22]
Sloan Great Wall Mario Jurić (co-discoverer)
First self-propelled torpedo Giovanni Luppis[23] Luppis came upon the unfinished plans of an unknown Austrian Marine Artillery officer for a small self-propelled boat loaded with explosives that could be deployed against enemy ships and steered from land. Luppis developed a prototype but was unsatisfied, but approached British engineer Robert Whitehead with the idea.[24] Whitehead developed the concept into a successful self-steered explosive device which would strike below the waterline. Though the device was heavily modified from Luppis' concept and became known as the Whitehead torpedo, Whitehead credited Luppis as its inventor.[25]
Mohorovičić discontinuity Andrija Mohorovičić[26]
Positronium Stjepan Mohorovičić[27]
Imerslund–Najman–Gräsbeck syndrome Emil Najman
Vladimir Prelog
Puretic power block Mario Puratić[28]
SOS response Miroslav Radman
Randić's molecular connectivity index Milan Randić
Leopold Ružička
  • Laminate flooring
  • Glueless laminate flooring
  • Click for joining wood, laminate and plastic floor covering
 Darko Pervan[29][30][31][32][33][34][35]
High-speed photography Peter Salcher[36][37][38]
Wireless non-radiative energy transfer Marin Soljačić[39][40]
Fausto Veranzio[41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52]
Computer-Associative Analyzer Branko Souček
Forensic fingerprinting Juan Vucetich[53] Created the first method of recording the fingerprints of individuals on file, associating these fingerprints to the anthropometric system of Alphonse Bertillon, who had created, in 1879, a system to identify individuals by anthropometric photographs and associated quantitative descriptions. In 1892, after studying Galton's pattern types, Vucetich set up the world's first fingerprint bureau.
Feebly compact space Sibe Mardesic
Bilinski dodecahedron Stanko Bilinski
Julije Domac
Chemical graph theory Milan Randic
Sea Organ Nikola Bašić
Krapina Neanderthal Site largest Neanderthal collection in the world Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger[54][55]
Traitorous eight/Silicon Valley Victor Grinich
Author of the term psychology Marko Marulić[56]
Slavoljub Penkala

Speedometer
Suspension bridge
Fingerprints are used in dactyloscopy
Torpedo
Tungsten filament for electric light bulbs
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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