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André-Marie Ampère

André-Marie Ampère was a French physicist and mathematician whose work laid the foundations for electrodynamics. He inve...

18TH Century French Physics Electrical

9.6 Brilliant

2

John Harrison

John Harrison was a British horologist and inventor of the 18th century. He dedicated his life to solving the challengin...

18TH Century Navigation British Horology

9.5 Brilliant

3

Jakob Berzelius

Jacob Berzelius was a Swedish chemist whose work in the early 19th century established fundamental principles of modern...

18TH Century Chemistry Silicon Swedish

9.4 Excellent

4

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin was a prominent 18th-century inventor and scientist. His meticulous research into electricity, particu...

18TH Century American Electricity Lightning

9.3 Excellent

5

Hans Christian Ørsted

Hans Christian Ørsted (1777-1851) was a Danish physicist who made significant contributions to the field of electromagne...

18TH Century Danish Physics Electromagnetism

9.3 Excellent

6

John Napier

John Napier was a Scottish mathematician, physicist, and astronomer who lived from 1550 to 1617. He is best known for in...

Mathematics Computing 17TH Century Scottish

9.3 Excellent

7

Joseph Nicéphore Niépce

Joseph Nicéphore Niépce was a French inventor widely credited as a foundational pioneer in the field of photography. In...

18TH Century French Photography Heliography

9.3 Excellent

8

Karl Wilhelm Scheele

Karl Wilhelm Scheele was a 18th-century Swedish-German chemist whose independent discovery of oxygen in 1772 significant...

18TH Century Chemistry Swedish Elements

9.2 Excellent

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Augustin-Jean Fresnel

Augustin-Jean Fresnel was a French civil engineer and physicist whose research in the early 19th century provided founda...

18TH Century French Lighthouse Optics

9.2 Excellent

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Bartolomeo Cristofori

Bartolomeo Cristofori (c. 1655-1720) was an Italian instrument maker who developed the early pianoforte in Florence. His...

Music 18TH Century Italian Instrument

9.1 Excellent

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Abraham-Louis Breguet

Abraham-Louis Breguet was a pioneering watchmaker of the 18th and 19th centuries. He revolutionized horology with invent...

18TH Century Tourbillon Horology Watchmaking

9.0 Excellent

12

John Dunlop

John Dunlop was a Scottish inventor best known for adapting the pneumatic rubber tire. In 1888, he developed this innova...

19TH Century Rubber Transportation Scottish

8.8 Great

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Gabriel Fahrenheit

Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686-1736) was a Dutch-German-Polish physicist and instrument maker born in Danzig (now Gdańs...

German 18TH Century Measurement Mercury Thermometer

8.8 Great

14

Luigi Galvani

Luigi Galvani (1737-1798) was an Italian physicist and physician who discovered bioelectricity, the electrical phenomena...

18TH Century Italian Neuroscience Biological

8.8 Great

15

Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier

Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier (1745–1799) was a French inventor and paper manufacturer who, alongside his brother Joseph-M...

18TH Century French Aviation Hot Air Balloon

8.8 Great

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Joseph Bramah

Joseph Bramah was a British locksmith and inventor active during the 18th century. He is most recognized for his innovat...

18TH Century Mechanical British Hydraulic Press

8.7 Great

17

William Murdoch

William Murdoch was a Scottish engineer and inventor who worked for the steam-engine firm Boulton and Watt during the la...

18TH Century Engineering Scottish Gas Lighting

8.6 Great

18

John Loudon McAdam

John Loudon McAdam was a Scottish road builder and administrator whose methods transformed road construction in Britain...

18TH Century Infrastructure Scottish Tarmac Road

8.2 Great

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John Harington

John Harington (1560–1612) was an English courtier, writer, and inventor at the court of Queen Elizabeth I. In 1596 he d...

English Flush Toilet 16TH Century Plumbing

7.2 Good

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Thomas Crapper

Thomas Crapper was an English sanitary engineer and manufacturer whose work was connected with the development and comme...

19TH Century British Flush Toilet Plumbing

5.9 Mediocre