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Henry Ford

Henry Ford was an American inventor best known for revolutionizing automobile manufacturing. His development of the movi...

American Manufacturing 20TH Century Automobile

9.24 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

9.04 Excellent

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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

8.91 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

8.78 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

8.74 Great

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Chuck Hull

Chuck Hull developed stereolithography, a pioneering method for creating three-dimensional objects from liquid resins us...

American Manufacturing 3D Printing 20TH Century

8.72 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

8.72 Great

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Samuel Morse

Samuel Morse was an 19th century American inventor instrumental in revolutionizing communication. He developed Morse cod...

Communication American 19TH Century Code

8.65 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

8.63 Great

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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

8.51 Great

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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

8.37 Great

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Cyrus McCormick

Cyrus McCormick was a 19th-century American inventor best known for developing the mechanical reaper. His 1834 patent re...

American 19TH Century Agriculture Machine

8.34 Great

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King Camp Gillette

King Camp Gillette (1855–1932) was an American inventor and businessman best known for patenting the disposable safety r...

American Consumer 19TH Century Grooming

8.34 Great

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Samuel Colt

Samuel Colt developed innovative manufacturing techniques for firearms during the 19th century. His key invention was th...

American Manufacturing 19TH Century Firearms

8.22 Great

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Isaac Singer

Isaac Singer was an American inventor primarily known for his significant contributions to the development of the sewing...

American Manufacturing 19TH Century Home

8.09 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

7.73 Good

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Eli Terry

Eli Terry was an American clockmaker and inventor who fundamentally transformed the manufacturing industry in the early...

American Manufacturing 19TH Century Mass Produced Clock

7.73 Good

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William Kelly

William Kelly (1811-1888) was an American inventor and ironmaster who independently developed a pneumatic process for st...

American Manufacturing 19TH Century Materials

7.34 Good

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Margaret E. Knight

Margaret E. Knight (1838–1914) was an American inventor awarded a patent in 1871 for a machine that manufactured flat-bo...

American Manufacturing 19TH Century Machine

7.31 Good

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Isaac Merritt Singer

Isaac Merritt Singer was an American inventor and industrialist whose mechanical improvements and business strategies re...

American Manufacturing 19TH Century Sewing Machine

7.10 Good