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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

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Wilhelm Röntgen

Wilhelm Röntgen was a German physicist whose accidental discovery of x-rays in 1895 revolutionized science and medicine....

German Physics Medicine 19TH Century

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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

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Reginald Fessenden

Reginald Fessenden was a Canadian-American inventor recognized for pioneering wireless audio communication. He achieved...

Wireless Audio Canadian 19TH Century

8.8 Great

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Sandford Fleming

Sandford Fleming (1827–1915) was a Scottish-Canadian engineer and inventor who proposed the worldwide system of standard...

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8.5 Great

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Jacob Davis

Jacob W. Davis was a Latvian born American tailor who played a central role in the development of riveted work trousers....

American Manufacturing 19TH Century Apparel

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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

8.3 Great

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Samuel Colt

Samuel Colt developed innovative manufacturing techniques for firearms during the 19th century. His key invention was th...

American Manufacturing 19TH Century Firearms

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Isaac Singer

Isaac Singer was an American inventor primarily known for his significant contributions to the development of the sewing...

American Manufacturing 19TH Century Home

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Jan Ernst Matzeliger

Jan Ernst Matzeliger was a Surinamese-American inventor who modernized the shoe manufacturing industry in the late 19th...

Shoe Manufacturing 19TH Century Lasting Machine

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Cyrus Hall McCormick

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American 19TH Century Agriculture Farming

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Nikolai Benardos

Nikolai Benardos was a Russian inventor associated with the early development of electric arc welding. In the 1880s, he...

Russian Manufacturing 19TH Century Metallurgy

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Joseph Glidden

Joseph Glidden was an American farmer and inventor from DeKalb, Illinois, who revolutionized ranching in the American We...

American 19TH Century Agriculture Barbed Wire

7.8 Good

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Isaac Merritt Singer

Isaac Merritt Singer was an American inventor and industrialist whose mechanical improvements and business strategies re...

American Manufacturing 19TH Century Sewing Machine

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Eli Terry

Eli Terry was an American clockmaker and inventor who fundamentally transformed the manufacturing industry in the early...

American Manufacturing 19TH Century Mass Produced Clock

7.7 Good

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Barthélemy Thimonnier

Barthélemy Thimonnier (1793-1857) was a French tailor and inventor who patented the first practical sewing machine in 18...

French Manufacturing 19TH Century Sewing Machine

7.6 Good

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Margaret E. Knight

Margaret E. Knight (1838–1914) was an American inventor awarded a patent in 1871 for a machine that manufactured flat-bo...

American Manufacturing 19TH Century Machine

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William Kelly

William Kelly (1811-1888) was an American inventor and ironmaster who independently developed a pneumatic process for st...

American Manufacturing 19TH Century Materials

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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

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Seth Thomas

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