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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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Ada Lovelace

Ada Lovelace is recognized as the first computer programmer for her notes on Charles Babbages Analytical Engine. Her ins...

Software Algorithm Mathematics Computer Science

9.5 Brilliant

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James Naismith

James Naismith was a Canadian-American physical educator responsible for inventing basketball in 1891. His creation, dev...

19TH Century Sport Basketball Educator

9.4 Excellent

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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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Felix Hoffmann

Felix Hoffmann was a German chemist employed by Bayer. He developed and synthesized acetylsalicylic acid in 1897, creati...

German Chemistry Medicine 19TH Century

9.3 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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Auguste Lumière

Auguste Lumière was a French inventor instrumental in the development of early cinema. He collaborated with his brother...

French Photography 19TH Century Film

9.3 Excellent

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Louis Lumière

Louis Lumière was a French inventor instrumental in the development of motion picture technology. He and his brother Aug...

French Photography 19TH Century Film

9.3 Excellent

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Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-American inventor renowned for his development of the first practical telephone. Hi...

Audio Communication 19TH Century Telephone

9.2 Excellent

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Louis Braille

Louis Braille was a French educator who created the Braille system. Initially developed in 1824, this raised-dot method...

Accessibility French Education 19TH Century

9.2 Excellent

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Emil Berliner

Emil Berliner was a German-American inventor credited with developing the first practical method of recording sound onto...

Audio 19TH Century Gramophone German American

9.2 Excellent

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Emile Berliner

Emile Berliner was a German-American inventor who revolutionized audio technology. His 1887 patent for the lateral-cut g...

Audio 19TH Century Telecommunications German American

9.2 Excellent

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Henry Maudslay

Henry Maudslay was a 19th-century English inventor primarily known for developing the first practical screw-cutting lath...

19TH Century English Machine Tools Lathe

8.9 Great

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John Dunlop

John Dunlop was a Scottish inventor best known for adapting the pneumatic rubber tire. In 1888, he developed this innova...

19TH Century Rubber Transportation Scottish

8.8 Great

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Charles Macintosh

Scottish chemist who invented waterproof rubberized fabric in 1823 by dissolving rubber between cloth layers, giving his...

Chemistry 19TH Century Scottish Materials

8.6 Great

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Joseph Whitworth

Joseph Whitworth was a British engineer whose 1841 Whitworth screw thread became a major standard for machine tools and...

19TH Century English Machine Tools Screw Thread

8.3 Great

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John Boyd Dunlop

John Boyd Dunlop developed the first commercially successful pneumatic tire for bicycles. His innovation utilized air pr...

19TH Century Transport Scottish Tire

8.0 Great

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Robert William Thomson

Robert William Thomson was a Scottish inventor who patented an early pneumatic tire in 1845, decades before rubber techn...

19TH Century Pneumatic Transport Scottish

7.5 Good

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Alexander Wood

Alexander Wood was a Scottish physician who devised a true hypodermic syringe with a hollow needle in 1853, helping esta...

19TH Century Medical Scottish Syringe

7.3 Good

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Kirkpatrick Macmillan

Kirkpatrick Macmillan was a Scottish blacksmith often linked to an early pedal-driven bicycle design in the 1830s, thoug...

19TH Century Pedal Transport Scottish

6.8 Fair