text: any inventions bear the name of the inventor? do you know of any inventions that bear the name of their inventor?  i have heard that the sandwich was invented by the earl of sandwhich. is this true?  do you know of any common misconceptions about the inventor having the same name as an invention? i have heard that some people thing that plato invented step children. apparently this came about because of an episode of 'star trek'.?  i hope that you can help tesla coil invented by nikola tesla, it's the thing you see people putting their hand on causing their hair to stick up from static electricity.