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9.6 Brilliant

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9.5 Brilliant

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Bob Moog

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9.4 Excellent

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Jakob Berzelius

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9.4 Excellent

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Benjamin Franklin

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9.3 Excellent

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Hans Christian Ørsted

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9.3 Excellent

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Joseph Nicéphore Niépce

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9.3 Excellent

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Karl Wilhelm Scheele

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9.2 Excellent

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Evangelista Torricelli

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9.2 Excellent

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9.2 Excellent

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9.0 Excellent

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Les Paul

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8.9 Great

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Leo Fender

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8.8 Great

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Gabriel Fahrenheit

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8.8 Great

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Luigi Galvani

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8.8 Great

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Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier

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8.8 Great

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Joseph Bramah

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8.7 Great

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Alexander Cumming

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8.7 Great

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Adolphe Sax

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8.4 Great

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Robert F. Flemming Jr.

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Music American 19TH Century Guitar

6.1 Fair