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Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was a German physicist and mechanical engineer who discovered X-rays in 1895 while experimenting...

German Physics 19TH Century Medical

9.8 Brilliant

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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

9.3 Excellent

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Charles R. Drew

Charles R. Drew was an American surgeon and medical researcher whose work in blood transfusion and storage techniques re...

American Medical Biological Mid 20TH

9.3 Excellent

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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

9.1 Excellent

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George Eastman

George Eastman was an American inventor instrumental in transforming photography. He established Eastman Kodak in 1892,...

American Photography 19TH Century Kodak

9.0 Excellent

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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

9.0 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

9.0 Excellent

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Christopher Sholes

American inventor Christopher Latham Sholes is notable for creating the first practical typewriter and developing the QW...

American 19TH Century Mechanical Typewriter

8.9 Great

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Gertrude B. Elion

Gertrude B. Elion was a pioneering American pharmacologist whose work revolutionized medicine. She developed innovative...

American 20TH Century Medical Drugs

8.8 Great

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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

8.8 Great

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Elizabeth Lee Hazen

Elizabeth Lee Hazen was an American microbiologist who, with biochemist Rachel Fuller Brown, discovered nystatin in 1950...

American 20TH Century Medical Nystatin

8.8 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

8.7 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

8.7 Great

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Elisha Otis

Elisha Otis revolutionized urban development with his invention of the safety elevator brake. Prior to this innovation,...

Safety American 19TH Century Elevator

8.7 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

8.7 Great

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Benjamin Rubin

Benjamin Rubin was an American inventor recognized for his significant contribution to public health. He developed the b...

American Medical Immunology 20THC

8.6 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

8.6 Great

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William T. G. Morton

William T. G. Morton was an American dentist credited with popularizing ether as a surgical anesthetic. His demonstratio...

American 19TH Century Medical Anesthesia

8.1 Great

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John Gorrie

John Gorrie was a nineteenth-century American physician and inventor whose medical work in Florida led him to investigat...

American 19TH Century Medical Refrigeration

7.5 Good

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Letitia Geer

Letitia Geer was an American nurse and inventor who received a United States patent in 1899 for a one-handed medical syr...

American 19TH Century Healthcare Medical

6.8 Fair