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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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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

9.6 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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William Thomson (Lord Kelvin)

William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, was a prominent Irish-Scottish mathematician and physicist who played a central role...

Physics 19TH Century Thermodynamics Irish Scottish

9.5 Brilliant

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Nicolas Carnot

Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (1796–1832) was a French physicist and military engineer whose 1824 treatise Réflexions sur...

French Physics 19TH Century Energy

9.5 Brilliant

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Lord Kelvin (William Thomson)

William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824–1907), was a British mathematical physicist and engineer. He played a central ro...

Physics Theory 19TH Century British

9.5 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

9.5 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

10

Lumière brothers

Auguste and Louis Lumière were French inventors and filmmaking pioneers who patented the Cinématographe, a device that f...

French 19TH Century Film Projection

9.4 Excellent

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Thomas Young

Thomas Young (1773–1829) was a British polymath whose contributions spanned physics, physiology, linguistics, and medici...

Physics Theory 19TH Century British

9.4 Excellent

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Lord Kelvin

Lord Kelvin, born William Thomson, was a prominent Irish-Scottish mathematical physicist and engineer who worked in the...

Physics 19TH Century British Thermodynamics

9.4 Excellent

13

George Méliès

Georges Méliès was a French illusionist, filmmaker, and theatre owner who applied stage magic techniques to early cinema...

French 19TH Century Cinema Imaging

9.4 Excellent

14

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

15

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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Valdemar Poulsen

Valdemar Poulsen (1869–1942) was a Danish engineer who made significant contributions to early audio recording and radio...

Audio Danish 19TH Century Communications

8.6 Great

17

Sandford Fleming

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

Communication Canadian 19TH Century Standard Time

8.5 Great

18

Antonio Meucci

Antonio Meucci was an Italian-American inventor best recognized for his early developments in voice communication techno...

Audio Communication Italian 19TH Century

7.7 Good

19

Alexander Popov

Alexander Stepanovich Popov was a Russian physicist known for experimental work on radio-wave reception during the early...

Wireless Russian Radio 19TH Century

7.5 Good

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Daniel Massey

Daniel Massey was an American-born Canadian blacksmith and manufacturer who began producing agricultural implements in 1...

Manufacturing Canadian 19TH Century Agriculture

6.7 Fair