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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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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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Karl Ferdinand Braun

Karl Ferdinand Braun (1850-1918) was a German physicist whose work contributed to early electronics, radio engineering,...

German Radio 19TH Century Electronics

9.2 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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Hiram Stevens Maxim

Hiram Stevens Maxim was an American-British inventor best known for designing the Maxim gun. Developed in 1884, this fir...

19TH Century Electrical American British Automatic Gun

9.1 Excellent

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Ernst Werner von Siemens

Ernst Werner von Siemens was a German electrical engineer, inventor, and industrialist who lived from 1816 to 1892. He c...

German Engineering 19TH Century Dynamo

9.1 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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Samuel Morse

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

Communication American 19TH Century Code

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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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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Theobald Boehm

Theobald Boehm (1794-1881) was a Bavarian goldsmith and flutist who revolutionized flute design with his Boehm system, i...

Music German 19TH Century Musical Instrument

8.5 Great

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Wilhelm Maybach

Wilhelm Maybach was a pivotal figure in the development of the automobile. His engineering work alongside Gottlieb Daiml...

German Engine 19TH Century Transport

8.3 Great

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Carl von Linde

Carl von Linde was a 19th-century German engineer whose innovations significantly impacted industrial processes. He desi...

German 19TH Century Industrial Refrigeration

8.3 Great

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Ányos Jedlik

Ányos Jedlik was a Hungarian physicist, teacher, inventor, and Benedictine monk whose work contributed to the early deve...

Hungarian 19TH Century Electrical Electric Motor

8.3 Great

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Charles F. Brush

Charles F. Brush was an American inventor and entrepreneur whose work helped establish practical electric arc lighting f...

American 19TH Century Electrical Dynamo

8.3 Great

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Moritz von Jacobi

Moritz von Jacobi was a prominent German-Russian physicist and engineer who made significant contributions to early elec...

German Historical Electrical Electric Motor

8.2 Great

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Karl Drais

Karl Drais was a German forest official and inventor credited with creating the Laufmaschine, the earliest form of the b...

German 19TH Century Transport Bicycle

8.1 Great