José Foetterle
José Gustavo Foetterle, Austrian-born Brazilian entomologist (? – Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro State 1929) DESCRIBED LEPIDOPTERA NEW SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES Bedosia itamaraty 1902 Castnia garbei 1902 Dirphiopsis ayuruoca 1901 Dirphiopsis delta 1901 Foetterleia schreineri 1902 Leptophobia itatiayae 1903 Ormiscodes irregularis 1901 Parides hedae 1902 Parides panthonus jaguarae 1902 Prometheus cochrus garbei 1902 Pseudocercyonis glaucope boenninghausi 1902 Pseudomaniola schreineri 1902 Theochila maenacte itatiayae 1902 Trichophassus hayeki 1903 Turmada maravilha 1902 HONORS Foetterleia Viloria 2004 (Lepidoptera)
José Felipe Flores
José Felipe Flores, Guatemalan physician, naturalist and physicist (San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas State, Mexico 01 May 1751 – Madrid 20 June 1824) ACHIEVEMENTS Designed anatomical models of color wax that were mountable and collapsible (1787/1788) being possibly a world pioneer in this area Reported a specific remedy against cancer using gecko flesh that was widely translated to French, English, Italian and German Especifico nuevamente descubierto en el Reino de Guatemala para la curación radical del horrible mal de cancro (1781) Worked on a method to conserve food by means of ethyl alcohol Performed studies in optics and invented a lens Constructed electric machines Performed botanical collections in Guatemala sending material to Spain
José Faraco
José Faraco, Brazilian laboratory technician at Instituto Biologico (São Paulo, Brazil) ACHIEVEMENTS Developed a staining method for Hansen bacillus later improved by Fite (Faraco-Fite staining) Bacilos de Hansen e cortes de parafina. Método complementar para a pesquisa de bacilos de Hansen em cortes de material incluído em parafina. Rev. Bras. Leprol. 6:177, 1938. Developed a new technique for obtaining smears from nervous tissue in order to study Negri bodies Nova técnica para a obtenção de esfregaços “por compressão e distensão” de partes do encéfalo, medula espinal, etc. para a pesquisa de corpúsculos de Negri. (Coloração rápida dos esfregaços pelo método de Mann). Rev. Biol. Higiene (São Paulo) 9:90-96, 1938.
José Carneiro Felippe
José Carneiro Felippe, Brazilian statistician and physical chemist (São João del Rei, Minas Gerais State 06 October 1886 – Rio de Janeiro 15 January 1951) ACHIEVEMENTS Dosage de l’urée par la methode comparative. I. Solution étalon. II. Formule pour la preparation de la solution d’hypobromite de sodium au moment de l’emploi. C.R. Soc. Biol. 96(37):1948, 1926 Calculos originais para a aplicação da curva logística e representação do crescimento da população do Brasil (unpublished) Carneiro Felippe technique for studying proteins in blood serum (a Howe technique modification) With A. Machado. Uma nova applicação das substâncias reguladoras de reacção para o fim de estabilizar preparações de mercúrio destinadas a emprego em therapeutica (1930) Modified Bloor-Sackett technique for cholesterine With A. Machado, A. Godoy & A. Marques da Cunha obtained an original process for preparation of coloidal substances (sorosol) c.1920 SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Sobre o preparo das reações tituladas em cyclo; o soluto para a dosagem da urea por comparação; a concentração iônica dos hydrogenios nos liquidos do organismo With A. Godoy. Sobre a acidez dos meios de cultura e distillação dos líquidos With J. Gomes de Faria. Sobre os derivados da quinina e dosagem do phenol e dos cresoes nos soros With A. Godoy. Tempo de pose pela cellula de selenio With A. Godoy & Marques Lisboa. Focalisação micro-photographica indirecta, por cálculo e com lentes compensadoras. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz (1921) Concentração iônica do hydrogenio nos meios de cultura. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz (1921) With A. Machado. Suspensões colloidaes, derivados aromáticos e etheres dos acidos graxos Radioactivité et action oligodynamique des mineraux (1926) With T. Martins. Inactivation et activation oligodynamique de l’argent. C. R. Soc. Biol. 97(31):1364, 1927 Análise pelo método de interpolação das medidas de radioatividade (1937) Via Nuova (1950; unpublished) about integration of differential and convex equations Patents With A. Machado. Merciol (Mercury salicilate in aqueous solution) for treating syphillis (nº 18572) With T. Martins. Um novo processo por absorção, para a extracção dos hormônios do ovário e do lóbulo anterior da hypophyse, destinados a serem empregados em therapeutica (1929) An innovative process for high concentration solubilisation of mercurial salts MEMBERSHIP/OFFICES Head of Physiological Chemistry & Therapeutics, International Center of Leprology from Nations League (1934) Correspondent Member, The Institute of Mathematical Statistics (Pittsburgh)
José Carlos de Figueiredo Ferraz
José Carlos de Figueiredo Ferraz, Brazilian civil engineer (Campinas, São Paulo State 16 September 1918 – São Paulo 26 June 1994) TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTIONS Developed a new process for distribution of stirrups and folded reinforcements Ainda a distribuição da armadura de cisalhamento. Boletim DER (1944) Contribuição ao Estudo das Grelhas. Doctoral Thesis (1951) regarded in Germany as a great contribution to calculating methods Applied probability theory to safety calculation of structures Fundamentos para uma nova orientação no cálculo estrutural. Thesis (1956) Developed Ferraz protension system (1958) Um novo processo de protensão com sistema próprio de ancoragem na pós-tração (1966) Developed a general and simple method for resolution of bridge grids WORKS World’s biggest vain of this day (Museu de Arte de São Paulo in 1968) described in The São Paulo Art Museum. ACI Journal 7 (1970) World’s biggest prestressed concrete continuous beam in the Colombo Salles Bridge at Florianópolis City of its day (1975) His design of ascending highway of Rodovia dos Imigrantes (São Paulo State) gained international acclaim (1972) One of the headed the building of Rodovia dos Imigrantes (1974), considered as among the 5 greatest highway works in the world Adapted and developed NATM method for tunnel excavation His civil engineering company that Bears his surname was responsible for the biggest excavated tunnel in the world in Baixa Chiado Metro Station (Lisbon) in 1994 BRAZILIAN PATENTS Método de aplicação de protensão em estruturas de concreto ou metálicas (1992) PI9204876-5 Método de obtenção de casas e outras edificações pré-fabricadas (1992) Protensão portátil (1993) PI9304517-4
Jose Raimundo Fandi
José Raimundo Fandi S., Argentine inventor (Cruz Alta, San Miguel de Tucumán Province 25 December 1926 – His grandfather Julio invented hand shower Founded a political party (Innovación Capitalista) Authored a book Teoria del Todo (Theory of Everything) Authored 250 inventions with over 100 patents INVENTIONS/PATENTS Single piece squeegge (1950) Automatic washing machine Educative cup and ball toy Flat and extensible bench vise Chainless bicycle A smart traffic signal (with Gabiel Maissonave) Rubber clothespin A torpedo tubes submarine that can be carried by a helicopter A rotary and floating house A hat (2013) Single piece handle for shovels (1998) Cap for fizzy drink packages specially siphons A hook cam with crowbar to be used as an accessory of shoes clasps and other utilizations (1998) A joined fuse holder and key switch apparatus Metallic durable shuttles Tools, packages and naval designs