• John Howard Kyan (27 November 1774 – 5 January 1850) was the inventor of the 'kyanising' process for preserving wood. He was the son of John Howard Kyan...
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  • idol Chōtoku Kyan (1870–1945), Japanese karate master Kyan, known as Daw Kyan (1918–2019), Burmese historian and writer John Howard Kyan (1774–1850),...
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    of four mph moving upstream. On December 21, 1833, Irish engineer John Howard Kyan received a UK patent for propelling ships by a jet of water ejected...
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  • discovered by William Brooke O'Shaughnessy. 1832: Kyanising patented by John Howard Kyan. 1834: The game of Croquet. 1836: Induction coil created by Nicholas...
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    former popularity in continental Europe and Great Britain. Named after John Howard Kyan, who patented this process in England in 1833, Kyanizing consists of...
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  • 1950), Japan – PlayStation Stephanie Kwolek (1923–2014), U.S. – Kevlar John Howard Kyan (1774–1850), Ireland – process of Kyanization used for wood preservation...
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    Peter Frederik Wulff, Danish naval officer (d. 1842) November 27 – John Howard Kyan, British inventor (d. 1850) November 28 Frederick IV, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg...
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    Patent) Act 1836 6 & 7 Will. 4. c. xxvi 19 May 1836 An Act to enable John Howard Kyan to assign to a Company certain Letters Patent. Exeter Gas Act 1836...
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  • "Kyan's Patent Process", a process for protecting wood from decay that John Howard Kyan had patented in 1828. She then sailed 13 December, not returning until...
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  • E Johnson James Prescott Joule George Knight, jun. Richard Knight John Howard Kyan William Lawson William Leithead. William Garrow Lettsom Rev Francis...
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