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Alexander Graham Bell

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Audio Communication 19TH Century Telephone

9.2 Excellent

2

Frank Whittle

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20TH Century British Aviation Jet Engine

8.9 Great

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Henry Bessemer

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19TH Century Steel Industrial British

8.9 Great

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Samuel Morse

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Communication American 19TH Century Code

8.7 Great

5

George Westinghouse

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American 19TH Century Electric Railway

8.7 Great

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Donald Davies

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Internet Networking 20TH Century British

8.7 Great

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Alfred Nobel

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Chemistry 19TH Century Swedish Dynamite

8.7 Great

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Richard Arkwright

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18TH Century British Textile Factory

8.7 Great

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Joseph Marie Jacquard

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French 19TH Century Textile Loom

8.7 Great

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Gottlieb Daimler

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German Engine 19TH Century Transport

8.6 Great

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Tommy Flowers

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Cryptography 20TH Century Computing British

8.5 Great

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Richard Trevithick

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Engine 19TH Century British Transport

8.5 Great

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8.5 Great

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Ada Lovelace

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Software Algorithm 19TH Century Computing

8.2 Great

15

Robert Stephenson

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Civil Engineering 19TH Century British Railway

8.2 Great

16

Joseph Aspdin

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19TH Century Construction British Cement

8.2 Great

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Harry Brearley

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20TH Century Stainless Steel British Materials

7.9 Good

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Joseph Swan

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Light 19TH Century Electric British

7.8 Good

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Joseph Monier

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French 19TH Century Construction Materials

7.8 Good

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John Wesley Hyatt

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American 19TH Century Plastic Materials

7.7 Good