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George Boole

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Mathematics 19TH Century Computing British

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Ada Lovelace

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Lord Kelvin (William Thomson)

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Charles Parsons

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Thomas Young

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Physics Theory 19TH Century British

9.4 Excellent

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Lord Kelvin

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Physics 19TH Century British Thermodynamics

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J.J. Thomson

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Physics 19TH Century British Electron Discovery

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Hiram Stevens Maxim

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Werner von Siemens

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Henry Bessemer

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William Fox Talbot

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Photography 19TH Century British Calotype

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Charles Wheatstone

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John Ambrose Fleming

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John Starley

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Sidney Gilchrist Thomas

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Henry Fox Talbot

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Photography 19TH Century Imaging British

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William Perkin

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Chemistry 19TH Century British Synthetic Dye

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Ányos Jedlik

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