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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

9.7 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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John Harrison

John Harrison was a British horologist and inventor of the 18th century. He dedicated his life to solving the challengin...

18TH Century Navigation British Horology

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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Peter Grünberg

Peter Grünberg was a German physicist who revolutionized data storage technology. His independent 1988 discovery of gian...

German Physics 20TH Century Data Storage

9.4 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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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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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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Abraham-Louis Breguet

Abraham-Louis Breguet was a pioneering watchmaker of the 18th and 19th centuries. He revolutionized horology with invent...

18TH Century Tourbillon Horology Watchmaking

9.0 Excellent

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William Caxton

English merchant who introduced the printing press to England in 1476 by establishing the first press at Westminster, pr...

Publishing Media British 15TH Century

8.8 Great

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Joseph Bramah

English inventor who patented an unpickable security lock in 1784 and invented the hydraulic press, both foundational co...

18TH Century Mechanical British Hydraulic Press

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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Robert Bosch

Robert Bosch was a German engineer and industrialist who founded Bosch in 1886; his firm advanced magneto ignition for e...

German Automotive 20TH Century Spark Plug

8.6 Great

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Richard Gatling

American inventor who patented the Gatling gun in 1862, the first successful rapid-fire weapon, significantly influencin...

American 19TH Century Mechanical Firearms

8.5 Great

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Hans von Ohain

Hans von Ohain was a German physicist whose jet engine powered the Heinkel He 178 in 1939, the first aircraft to fly sol...

German 20TH Century Aviation Jet Engine

8.4 Great

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Hermann Oberth

Hermann Oberth was a German engineer and theorist instrumental in developing early rocketry concepts. His 1923 publicati...

German Theory Space 20TH Century

8.4 Great

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Frederick Lanchester

British engineer who built one of the earliest British petrol-driven cars in the 1890s and made foundational theoretical...

19TH Century Mechanical British Aerodynamics

8.4 Great

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Wilhelm Maybach

Wilhelm Maybach was a German engineer who worked with Gottlieb Daimler and designed early petrol engines and cars, inclu...

German Engine 19TH Century Transport

8.3 Great

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Carl von Linde

Carl von Linde was a German engineer who developed practical refrigeration machines in the 1870s and later advanced air...

German 19TH Century Industrial Refrigeration

8.3 Great