Juan Capellín
Juan Capellín, Spanish / Mexican miner (séc.XVI) Invented a new system of iron brazen mallets for increasing the capacity of milling (1567) Invented a device for recovering the mercury in the mining of pure silver. There is some controversy here. For some authors is a large bronze bell named capelline but for others isn’t this the device that he invented Invención para sacar la plata con azogue (1576) Improved amalgamation technique for silver mining (1582)
João Maria Franco de Camargo
João Maria Franco de Camargo, Brazilian entomologist (Anhembi, São Paulo State 20 July 1941 – Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo State 07 September 2009) Improved the artificial insemination technique for using a little amount of stain onto vaginal orifice of bees (1966) DESCRIBED HYMENOPTERA TAXA Genera Trichotrigona 1983 with Moure Meliwillea 1997 with Lobo & Roubik Paratrigonoides 2005 with Roubik Species 87 species in Meliponini Hymenoptera (2 Fossil) HONORS Camargoia Moure 1989 (Hymenoptera) LINKS HTTP://revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/arq/r/pt/926/semblanza.pdf HTTP://revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/arq/r/pt/926/lista.pdf
José Ribas Cadaval
José Ribas Cadaval, Brazilian military, physician and inventor (Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul State 22 April 1863 – Rio de Janeiro 29 July 1920) Published Tratado de Aeronautica-Navegação Aerea (Aeronautics Treatise – Aerial Navigation) in 1911, the first treatise about aeronautics written by a Brazilian; laureated with prize from Belgian King INVENTIONS Aerocruiser Hermes (1908) Cadaval method for learning children and adults to read, write and count (1908) Acrenine, a compound used against paludism Cadaval Bakery-Automobile A dirigible glider balloon named Aerostoplano patented in France (n. 422.278) in 27 January 1911 Cadaval hydroplane
José Porfirio da Costa Neto
José Porfírio da Costa Neto, Brazilian plant pathologist and mycologist (Taquari, Rio Grande do Sul State 05 September 1910 – 1978) DESCRIBED FUNGI SPECIES Scopulariopsis lingualis 1962 Cercospora caleifolii 1966 with Batista & Upadhyay Melanconium argutidentis 1966 with Batista & Upadhyay Phaeoseptoria stenocalycis 1966 with Batista & Upadhyay Phoma jasminomacrospora 1966 with Batista & Upadhyay Uredo hoveniae 1968 with Lindquist HONORS Costanetoa Batista & Bezerra 1963 (Fungi)
José Moacyr Vianna Coutinho
José Moacyr Vianna Coutinho, Brazilian mineralogist and petrologist (São Paulo 04 April 1924 – São Paulo 25 June 2021) Authored over 120 works CO-DESCRIBED MINERAL SPECIES Lindbergite with D. Atencio, P.A. Matioli & S. Graeser (2004) Matioliite with D. Atencio, J. Ellena & Y.P. Mascarenhas (2006) Ruifrancoite with N.V. Chukanov, L.A.D. Menezes Filho et al. (2007) Guimaraesite with N.V. Chukanov, D. Atencio, Zadov & L.A.D. Menezes Filho (2007) Brumadoite with D. Atencio, P.A. Matioli et al. (2008) Footemineite with D. Atencio, P.A. Matioli et al. (2008) Manganoeudialyite with S. Nomura, D. Atencio et al. (2010) Bendadaite with D. Atencio, L.A.D. Menezes Filho et al. (2010) Carlosbarbosaite with D. Atencio & L.A.D. Menezes Filho (2012) Mejillonesite with D. Atencio et al. (2012) Witzkeite with F. Nestola, F. Camara, N.V. Chukanov & D. Atencio (2012) Waimirite with Bastos Neto, Pereira, Atencio & Ferron (2014) OTHERS Developed microscopical method for mineralogical-petrographic characterization of sands for agreggate in concrete (1991) HONORS Coutinhoite Atencio, Carvalho & Matioli 2004 (Mineral)
José María Carranza
José María Carranza, Argentine plant pathologist (1922 – ?) Described new pathogenic fungi to plants Antracnosis del Aguaribay causada por Myxosporella schini sp. nov. en la Argentina. Rev. Fac. Agron. (1950) With J.C. Lindquist. Thecaphora frezii n.sp., parasita de Arachis sp. Bol. Soc. Arg. Bot. 10:11-8, 1962 With Luttrell. An undescribed species of Exosporium on grain of Secale cereale. Mycologia 59(6):1097, 1967 (Exosporium pampeanum) Una Alternaria parasita de las coníferas en la Argentina. Lilloa 21:279-89, 1949 First to report the epidemiology of Botrytis grey mould disease on chickpea Wilt of chickpea (Cinerea arietinum) caused by Botrytis cinerea. Revta. Fac. Agron. Univ. Nac. La Plata 41:135-8, 1965 First to report Phytophthtora drechsleri on Cineraria Collar and roots rot of Cineraria (Senecio cruentus) produced by P. drechsleri. Rev. Fac. Agron. Univ. Nac. La Plata 39:1-9, 1965