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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

9.78 Brilliant

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Johannes Gutenberg

Johannes Gutenberg developed a printing press utilizing movable type in the mid-15th century. This innovation dramatical...

German Press Printing 15TH Century

9.72 Brilliant

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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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Mohamed Atalla

At Bell Labs, Mohamed Atalla helped solve problems at the surface of silicon that had hindered semiconductor devices. Hi...

Bell Labs Mosfet Atm Pin 20THC

9.65 Brilliant

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George Boole

George Boole was a 19th-century English mathematician and logician whose work formalized the algebra of logic. His 1854...

Mathematics 19TH Century Computing British

9.64 Brilliant

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Wright brothers

Orville and Wilbur Wright were American inventors whose work established a practical foundation for powered aviation. Th...

American 20TH Century Aviation Airplane

9.61 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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Hero of Alexandria

Hero of Alexandria (also known as Heron) was a Greek mathematician and engineer active in Alexandria during the Roman pe...

Ancient Automata Greco Egyptian Aeolipile

9.42 Excellent

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Ernst Werner von Siemens

Ernst Werner von Siemens was a German electrical engineer, inventor, and industrialist who lived from 1816 to 1892. He c...

German Engineering 19TH Century Dynamo

9.12 Excellent

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Otto von Guericke

Otto von Guericke (1602–1686) was a German scientist, inventor, and the mayor of Magdeburg, recognized for his foundatio...

German 17TH Century Pneumatics Scientific Instruments

8.91 Great

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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

8.64 Great

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Hiram Maxim

Hiram Maxim was a late 19th-century engineer and inventor best known for designing the Maxim gun. This weapon represente...

Engineering 19TH Century Firearms American British

8.36 Great

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Al-Jazari

Al-Jazari was an Arab engineer and inventor of the 12th and 13th centuries. He created detailed designs for a remarkable...

Engineering Medieval Arab Mechanical Devices

8.19 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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Ismail al-Jazari

Ismail al-Jazari (c. 1136 – c. 1206) was an Islamic scholar and engineer from Persia. He meticulously documented fifty m...

Engineering Automation Medieval Waterworks

8.11 Great

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Heron of Alexandria

Heron of Alexandria was a first-century AD Greek inventor and mathematician living in Alexandria. He is primarily known...

Automation Mathematics Ancient Greek

8.05 Great

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Charles Steinmetz

Charles Proteus Steinmetz was a German-born American mathematician and electrical engineer whose work helped engineers a...

Engineering Electricity AC Power 20TH Century

7.88 Good

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Francois Hennebique

François Hennebique was a French engineer and pioneering figure in the development of modern reinforced concrete constru...

Engineering French 19TH Century Construction

7.74 Good

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Lonnie Johnson

Lonnie Johnson is an American engineer and inventor who began his career working on stealth technology for the United St...

Engineering American 20TH Century Toy

7.40 Good

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David Crosthwait

David Crosthwait (1898-1976) was an African American mechanical and electrical engineer who pioneered innovations in hea...

Engineering American 20TH Century Heating

7.30 Good