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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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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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John Pemberton

John Pemberton was an American pharmacist born in 1831. He developed Coca-Cola in Atlanta, Georgia, beginning with its c...

American 19TH Century Beverage Pharmacist

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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George Eastman

George Eastman was an American inventor instrumental in transforming photography. He established Eastman Kodak in 1892,...

American Photography 19TH Century Kodak

9.0 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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Joseph Henry

Joseph Henry (1797–1878) was an American scientist and engineer who served as the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Ins...

American 19TH Century Electrical Telegraphy

9.0 Excellent

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Charles Wheatstone

Charles Wheatstone (1802–1875) was an English physicist and inventor. He is best remembered for his contributions to the...

19TH Century British Electrical Telegraph

8.9 Great

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Christopher Sholes

American inventor Christopher Latham Sholes is notable for creating the first practical typewriter and developing the QW...

American 19TH Century Mechanical Typewriter

8.9 Great

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Frank Sprague

Frank Julian Sprague was an American electrical engineer and inventor who played a pivotal role in the development of ur...

American 19TH Century Transportation DC Motor

8.8 Great

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George Westinghouse

George Westinghouse was a 19th-century American inventor best known for his pioneering work with electrical systems. He...

American 19TH Century Electric Railway

8.7 Great

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Elisha Otis

Elisha Otis revolutionized urban development with his invention of the safety elevator brake. Prior to this innovation,...

Safety American 19TH Century Elevator

8.7 Great

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Alfred Vail

Alfred Vail was an American machinist, inventor, and telegraph operator who collaborated with Samuel Morse during the de...

American 19TH Century Telegraph Communications

8.7 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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Richard Gatling

Richard Jordan Gatling (1818–1903) was an American inventor best known for his creation of the Gatling gun, which he pat...

American 19TH Century Mechanical Firearms

8.5 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...

Communication Canadian 19TH Century Standard Time

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

8.4 Great

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David Edward Hughes

David Edward Hughes (1831–1900) was a British-American inventor and professor of music whose patents and experiments sig...

Communication 19TH Century British Microphone

8.4 Great

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Granville Woods

Granville Woods was an American inventor active in the late 19th century. He developed crucial technologies for railways...

American 19TH Century Electric Railway

8.1 Great

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Elisha Gray

Elisha Gray was an American electrical engineer and inventor who co-founded the Western Electric Manufacturing Company....

Communication American 19TH Century Telephone

7.8 Good