Henrique Antonio Batista
Henrique Antonio Baptista, Brazilian military and naval engineer (Montevideo 05 May 1824 – Niterói 09 January 1899) Advocated the adoption of a length of 50 calibers for cannons intended to give a tense trajectory to their projectiles (universally adopted) Proposed improvements to Whitworth guns such as introduction of load guide and its suppression (1887) and breech block Perfected torpedo attack fuses and mortar-launched alumina projectiles Enunciated practical rules for finding the deviation of sea needles caused by iron FEATURED Invented a number of war artifacts such as Baptista system of naval trailer for gun repair (1857), as percussion fuzes (1874; patented in 1877) and Whitworth cannon breech device A metallic cartridge for center percussion carbine independently Friction primers Time and concussion fuzes (Baptista model) Metal percussion fuzes BIBLIOGRAPHY O Capitão de Mar e Guerra Henrique Antonio Baptista – estudo biographico. Almirante Henrique Boiteux (1924) Revista Maritima Brasileira 115(1-9):94, 1995 His son, Henrique Rodolpho Baptista, obstetrician and gynaecologist (Santa Catarina State 1853 – Rio de Janeiro 19 March 1941) Invented a spherical curette for exploartion of uterine mucosa in Curetta spherica (1894) Described a maneuver to make possible the fetus version after decapitation (1916)
Harry Brailovsky
Harry Urad Brailovsky Alperowitz, Jewish Mexican entomologist (Ciudad de Mexico 30 May 1946 – His father (Moshe Brailovsky) was born in Ukraine and his mother (Evelyn Alperowitz) was from Lithuanian/Polish families Described at least 3 tribes, 155 genera and 1,000 new species in Hemiptera HONORS (Hemiptera) Harrisia Carvalho 1983 Brailovskyocoris Slater 1993 Brailovskiocoris Henry 1980 Brailovskysta Carvalho 1988 Brailovskylus Eger 2017
Harry Blossfeld
Harry Blossfeld, German-born Brazilian horticulturist, plant collector and botanical explorer (Postdam, Germany 27 February 1913 – São Paulo 07 July 1986) HONORS Herbert Medal, International Bulb Society (1979) Genus Blossfeldia Werdermann 1937 (Cactaceae)
H. Dick Brown
Hubert Dick Brown, South African entomologist (Pretoria 06 December 1930 – 14 December 2017) DESCRIBED ORTHOPTERA TAXA Genera Afrotettix 1970 Armstrongium 2014 Atopotettix 1970 Damaracris 1972 Dirshacris 1959 Dirshia 1963 Dirshidium 1970 Hemiloryma 1973 Kalaharicus 1961 Karruhippus 1989 Limpopoacris 2011 Namatettix 1970 Occidentula 1967 Ovambohippus 1972 Subgenera Natalium 2017 Pondoidium 2013 Silvanidiella 2013 Silvanidium 2012 Species Acocksacris carpi 1962 Acocksacris geyeri 1962 Acocksacris karasensis 1962 Acocksacris namibensis 1962 Afrotettix fursti 1970 Afrotettix gariepensis 1970 Amblyphymus rubidus 1959 Aneuryphymus montanus 1960 Armstrongium pondoense 2014 Armstrongium viridipes 2014 Atopotettix megalocephalus 1970 Basutacris inflatifrons 1962 Basutacris minima 1962 Brownacris gariepensis 1972 Brownacris haackei 1972 Brownacris karruensis 1972 Brownacris namaquensis 1972 Brownacris robusta 1972 Damacris rupestris 1972 Devylderia acocksi 1960 Dirshacris aridus 1959 Dirshia abbreviata 1962 Dirshidium leucospilos 1970 Eneremius desertorus 1962 Eneremius punctifrons 1962 Eremidium (Eremidium) albaniense 2012 Eremidium (Eremidium) basuto 1962 Eremidium (Eremidium) manicaense 2012 Eremidium (Natalium) margaretae 2013 Eremidium (Pondoidium) trilineatum 2013 Eremidium (Silvanidiella) aculeatum 2012 Eremidium (Silvanidiella) amazulu 2013 Eremidium (Silvanidiella) griqua 2013 Eremidium (Silvanidium) armstrongi 2012 Eremidium (Eremidium) peninsulare 2012 Hemiloryma deserticola 1973 Kalaharicus elongatus 1961 Karruhippus albicornis 1989 Leatettix denticornis 1970 Leatettix nasuta 1960 Limpopoacris obeliscata 2011 Occidentula latens 1967 Ovambohippus anderssoni 1972 Rhachitopis sanguinipes 1960 Swaziacris fastigiata 1962 Thrincotropis karruensis 1960 Transvaaliana draconis 1962 Weenenia lineata 1962 HONORS Brownacris Dirsh 1958 (Orthoptera) LINKS http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/
Guillermo Bosch Arana
Guillermo Santos Mariano Bosch Arana, Argentine orthopedic surgeon (Buenos Aires 01 December 1885 – Buenos Aires 04 July 1939) Authored over 100 works ACHIEVEMENTS/BIBLIOGRAPHY Described one case of amputation in the upper third of the femur regarded as unique in the world literature Bosch Arana method or cinematization of amputation stumps Bosch Arana method for treatment of acute subungual hematoma Designed a kinematical prosthesis Nuova technica per le amputazioni cineplastica. Chir. Organ. Movim. 4:296, 1920 Nuovo ergografo per misurare la potenza dei motori cineplastici. La Clin. Chir. 5-6, 1920 Methode personnelle de cinematisation des inognons d’ amputations. J.Chir. 17:325-32, 1921 Eine neue method für kineplastiche operationen. Arch. f. Orthopäd. Unf. Chir. B 20(3), 1922
Guillermo Bodenbender
Friedrich Wilhelm Bodenbender, German-born Argentine mineralogist, petrographer and stratigrapher (Meerholz, Hessen-Nassau 02 July 1857 – Cordoba 20 April 1941) Authored over 60 works SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Triasico y Terciario en la falda oriental de la Sierra Chica. Bol. Acad. Nac. Cien. Cordoba (1929) Calchaqueño y los estratos de la Puna de Penck. Bol. Acad. Nac. Cien. Cordoba 27(4):404-68, 1924 El nevado de Famatina (Provincia de La Rioja). Anales Min. Agric. Secc. Geol. Mineral. Miner. 16(1), 1922 Constitución geologica de la parte meridional de La Rioja y regiones limitrofes (Republica Argentina). Bol. Acad. Nac. Cien. Cordoba 19:1-220, 1911 Melafiros, basaltos y andesitas en la Sierra de Cordoba (1907) La Sierra de Cordoba. Constitución geologica y productos minerales de aplicación. Bol. Acad. Nac. Cien. Cordoba 19 (1905) Contribución al conocimiento de la Precordillera de San Juan de Mendoza y las Sierras centrales de la Republica Argentina. Bol. Acad. Nac. Cien. Cordoba 17:203-61, 1902 La mina de wolfram “Los Condores” en la Sierra de San Luis. Comunicaciones Mineras y Mineralogicas. Bol. Acad. Nac. Cien. Cordoba 16 La formación de plata metalica y de los filones argentiferos en el Famatina. Bol. Acad. Nac. Cien. Cordoba 19:29, 1899 El suelo y las vertientes de la ciudad de Mendoza y sus alrededores. Bol. Acad. Nac. Cien. Cordoba (1897) Sobre la edad de algunas formaciones carboníferas en la Republica Argentina. Rev. Museo La Plata 7:129-48, 1895 Devonico y Gondwana en la Republica Argentina. Bol. Acad. Nac. Cien. Cordoba 15(2-3):201-52, 1895 La llanura al este de la Sierra de Cordoba. Bol. Acad. Nac. Cien. Cordoba 14:21-54, 1894 Los criaderos de wolfram y molibdenita de la Sierra de Cordoba. Bol. Acad. Nac. Cien. Cordoba 14 (1894) Sobre el terreno Jurásico y Cretáceo en los Andes Argentinos entre el río Diamante y el río Limay. Bol. Acad. Nac. Cien. Cordoba 13:5-44, 1892 Sobre el carbón y asfalto carbonizado de la provincia de Mendoza. Bol. Acad. Nac. Cien. Cordoba 13 (1892) Apuntes sobre rocas eruptivas de la pendiente oriental de los Andes entre el Río Diamante y el Río Negro. Rev. Arg. Hist. Nat. 1:3, 1891 La cuenca del valle del río Primero. Descripción geologica del valle del Río Primero desde la Sierra de Cordoba hasta la Mar Chiquita. Bol. Acad. Nac. Cien. Cordoba 12 (1890) HONORS Bodenbenderite Rimann 1928 (Mineral) discredited Bodenbenderia Harrington & Leanza 1957 (Trilobita)