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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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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

9.6 Brilliant

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Carl Djerassi

Carl Djerassi was an Austrian-American chemist whose work profoundly impacted medicine. He synthesized norethindrone in...

Chemistry Medicine 20TH Century Austrian American

9.5 Brilliant

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Gerhard Domagk

Gerhard Domagk was a German pathologist who pioneered the use of sulfonamide drugs for treating bacterial infections. Hi...

German Chemistry Medicine 20TH Century

9.4 Excellent

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Carl Zeiss

Carl Zeiss was a German optician whose workshop established in Jena in 1846 fundamentally shaped the field of optics. He...

German 19TH Century Lenses Microscopy

9.3 Excellent

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Luis Miramontes

Luis Miramontes was a Mexican chemist whose research significantly advanced reproductive health. While a graduate studen...

Chemistry Medicine 20TH Century Mexican

9.3 Excellent

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Karl Ferdinand Braun

Karl Ferdinand Braun (1850-1918) was a German physicist whose work contributed to early electronics, radio engineering,...

German Radio 19TH Century Electronics

9.2 Excellent

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Ernst Abbe

Ernst Abbe was a German physicist instrumental in developing modern optics. He collaborated with Carl Zeiss to establish...

German 19TH Century Zeiss Microscopy

9.1 Excellent

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Werner von Siemens

Werner von Siemens, born Ernst Werner Siemens, was a 19th-century German electrical engineer and industrialist who lived...

German 19TH Century Electrical Dynamo

9.1 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

9.1 Excellent

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Alfred Nobel

Alfred Nobel developed dynamite, a safer and more powerful explosive than previous formulations. His invention revolutio...

Chemistry 19TH Century Swedish Dynamite

8.7 Great

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Gottlieb Daimler

Gottlieb Daimler (1834-1900) was a German engineer whose pioneering work fundamentally shaped transportation. He develop...

German Engine 19TH Century Transport

8.6 Great

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William Perkin

William Henry Perkin was a British chemist who discovered mauveine, an early commercially successful synthetic dye, in 1...

Chemistry 19TH Century British Synthetic Dye

8.6 Great

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Charles Macintosh

Charles Macintosh was a Scottish chemist and inventor associated with the development of practical waterproof fabric. In...

Chemistry 19TH Century Scottish Materials

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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Theobald Boehm

Theobald Boehm (1794-1881) was a Bavarian goldsmith and flutist who revolutionized flute design with his Boehm system, i...

Music German 19TH Century Musical Instrument

8.5 Great

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Wilhelm Maybach

Wilhelm Maybach was a pivotal figure in the development of the automobile. His engineering work alongside Gottlieb Daiml...

German Engine 19TH Century Transport

8.3 Great

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Carl von Linde

Carl von Linde was a 19th-century German engineer whose innovations significantly impacted industrial processes. He desi...

German 19TH Century Industrial Refrigeration

8.3 Great

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John Walker

John Walker (1781–1859) was an English pharmacist based in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, who invented the first pract...

Consumer Chemistry 19TH Century British

8.3 Great

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Karl Drais

Karl Drais was a German forest official and inventor credited with creating the Laufmaschine, the earliest form of the b...

German 19TH Century Transport Bicycle

8.1 Great