Who knows the inventions of Aug. Abadie or Johann Zyps? Probably hardly anyone. Aug. Abadie is the first inventor in our alphabetical list and Johann Zyps brings up the rear. Names like Bösendorfer, Lilienthal, Tesla or Edison are familiar. But no matter how famous they were or how successful they were in marketing their inventions, all creative minds had and have something in common: a clever mind!