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German Physics 19TH Century Medical

9.78 Brilliant

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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

9.16 Excellent

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Werner von Siemens

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German 19TH Century Electrical Dynamo

9.12 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

9.12 Excellent

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Wilhelm Röntgen

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German Physics Medicine 19TH Century

8.81 Great

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Alfred Nobel

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8.74 Great

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Carl Djerassi

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Chemistry Medicine 20TH Century Austrian American

8.69 Great

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Gottlieb Daimler

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German Engine 19TH Century Transport

8.64 Great

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William Morton

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American Medicine 19TH Century Surgery

8.63 Great

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Gerhard Domagk

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German Chemistry Medicine 20TH Century

8.60 Great

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Carl Zeiss

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8.51 Great

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Luis Miramontes

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8.51 Great

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Theobald Boehm

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Music German 19TH Century Musical Instrument

8.46 Great

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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

8.37 Great

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Wilhelm Maybach

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German Engine 19TH Century Transport

8.29 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

8.28 Great

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William Perkin

William Henry Perkin was a British chemist who discovered mauveine, an early commercially successful synthetic dye, in 1...

Chemistry 19TH Century British Synthetic Dye

7.91 Good

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Heinrich Geissler

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Geissler was a German physicist and skilled glassblower who is best known for inventing the Geis...

German Physics 19TH Century Vacuum Pump

7.89 Good

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Charles Macintosh

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7.87 Good

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Paul Nipkow

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German Television 19TH Century Broadcasting

7.66 Good