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American Semiconductor Historical Materials

9.39 Excellent

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American Aerospace Historical Nasa

9.31 Excellent

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Ross Brawn

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Automotive Contemporary Mechanical Motorsport

9.18 Excellent

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Rudolf Uhlenhaut

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Automotive Mercedes Mechanical Historical

9.18 Excellent

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American Structural Historical Bridges

9.14 Excellent

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John Barnard

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Automotive Contemporary Mechanical Motorsport

9.12 Excellent

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Frederick Terman

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American Academic Silicon Valley Historical

9.03 Excellent

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Gerald Pearson

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American Historical Physicist Bell Labs

8.94 Great

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Calvin Fuller

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8.91 Great

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8.84 Great

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Albert Hull

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American Historical Electrical Vacuum Tube

8.83 Great

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George Washington Goethals

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8.79 Great

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Hans Ledwinka

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Austrian Modern Automotive Mechanical

8.76 Great

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John Frank Stevens

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American Historical Railways Civil

8.76 Great

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William Barclay Parsons

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American Historical Transportation Civil

8.72 Great

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Zora Arkus-Duntov

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Modern Automotive Mechanical Sports Cars

8.71 Great

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William Bullock

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American Mechanical Historical Printing

8.28 Great

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Walter Chrysler

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Automotive American Mechanical Historical

7.42 Good

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Louis Chevrolet

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Automotive Mechanical Historical Chevrolet

7.36 Good

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Military American Mechanical Historical

6.83 Fair