swap_horiz Christopher Sholes Alternatives

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Wright Brothers (Orville & Wilbur Wright)

Orville and Wilbur Wright were American aviation pioneers and bicycle manufacturers who developed the first successful s...

American Mechanical Aviation Transportation

9.72 Brilliant

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Charles Parsons

Charles Algernon Parsons was an Anglo-Irish engineer and inventor best known for developing the reaction steam turbine....

Engineering 19TH Century Mechanical British

9.47 Excellent

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Joseph Henry

Joseph Henry (1797–1878) was an American scientist and engineer who served as the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Ins...

American 19TH Century Electrical Telegraphy

9.04 Excellent

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Frank Sprague

Frank Julian Sprague was an American electrical engineer and inventor who played a pivotal role in the development of ur...

American 19TH Century Transportation DC Motor

8.78 Great

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George Westinghouse

George Westinghouse was a 19th-century American inventor best known for his pioneering work with electrical systems. He...

American 19TH Century Electric Railway

8.74 Great

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Alfred Vail

Alfred Vail was an American machinist, inventor, and telegraph operator who collaborated with Samuel Morse during the de...

American 19TH Century Telegraph Communications

8.72 Great

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Samuel Morse

Samuel Morse was an 19th century American inventor instrumental in revolutionizing communication. He developed Morse cod...

Communication American 19TH Century Code

8.65 Great

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William Morton

William Thomas Green Morton (1819-1868) was an American dentist who played a pivotal role in the introduction of anesthe...

American Medicine 19TH Century Surgery

8.63 Great

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Valdemar Poulsen

Valdemar Poulsen (1869–1942) was a Danish engineer who made significant contributions to early audio recording and radio...

Audio Danish 19TH Century Communications

8.58 Great

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Herman Hollerith

Herman Hollerith was an American inventor whose innovations dramatically improved data processing. He developed a punch-...

American 19TH Century Computing Punch Card Tabulator

8.51 Great

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John Pemberton

John Pemberton was an American pharmacist born in 1831. He developed Coca-Cola in Atlanta, Georgia, beginning with its c...

American 19TH Century Beverage Pharmacist

8.37 Great

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Cyrus McCormick

Cyrus McCormick was a 19th-century American inventor best known for developing the mechanical reaper. His 1834 patent re...

American 19TH Century Agriculture Machine

8.34 Great

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King Camp Gillette

King Camp Gillette (1855–1932) was an American inventor and businessman best known for patenting the disposable safety r...

American Consumer 19TH Century Grooming

8.34 Great

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John Browning

John Browning was an American inventor primarily known for his groundbreaking work in firearms design during the 19th ce...

American 19TH Century Mechanical Firearms

8.28 Great

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Thomas A. Watson

Thomas A. Watson was an American inventor and machinist who worked as Alexander Graham Bell's assistant during the devel...

Engineering American 19TH Century Telephone

8.18 Great

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Richard Gatling

Richard Jordan Gatling (1818–1903) was an American inventor best known for his creation of the Gatling gun, which he pat...

American 19TH Century Mechanical Firearms

7.82 Good

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Jacob Perkins

Jacob Perkins (1766–1849) was an American inventor, engineer, and mechanic from Newburyport, Massachusetts, who later sp...

American Steam 19TH Century Mechanical

7.64 Good

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Walter Hunt

Walter Hunt was a 19th-century American mechanic and inventor known for his diverse range of practical devices. He is mo...

American Consumer 19TH Century Mechanical

7.45 Good

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Josephine Cochrane

Josephine Cochrane was an American inventor best known for inventing the first commercially successful mechanical dishwa...

American 19TH Century Mechanical Home Appliance

7.12 Good

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Henry Blair

Henry Blair was an African American farmer and inventor from Maryland who received two United States patents for agricul...

American 19TH Century Agriculture Mechanical

6.82 Fair