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Inventors
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Nils Alwall, (1904-1986), Sweden - the dialysis machine
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Archimedes,
(circa 287 BC-212 BC), Greece
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Manfred
von Ardenne, (1907-1997), Germany
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William
George Armstrong, (1810-1900), England
- hydraulic
crane
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Joseph
Aspdin, (1788-1855), England - artificial cement
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John
Vincent Atanasoff, (1903-1995), Bulgaria
- modern computer
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Charles
Babbage, (1791-1871), England - Analytical
engine
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Leo
Baekeland (1863-1944), Belgian-American
- Velox photographic paper and Bakelite
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Ralph
Baer, (1922-), German born American - the home video game console
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John
Logie Baird, (1888-1946), Scotland
- a working television
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John
Bardeen, (1908-1991), USA - co-inventor of the transistor
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Trevor
Baylis, (1937- ) - a wind-up radio
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Arnold
O. Beckman, (1900-2004), USA
- pH meter
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Alexander
Graham Bell, (1847-1922), USA - telephone
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Karl
Benz, (1844-1929), Germany - the petrol-powered automobile
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Emile
Berliner, (1851-1929), Germany and USA - the disc record gramophone
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Tim
Berners-Lee, (1955-), England - with Robert
Cailliau, the World
Wide Web
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Bi
Sheng, (?-1052), China
- primitive movable printing
types
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Katherine
Blodgett, (1898-1979), England - nonreflective glass
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Claudio Artemio Blotta, b. 1936 argentinian,
cutting circle device for pastry.
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Nils
Bohlin, (1920-2002), Sweden
- the three-point seat belt
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Joseph-Armand
Bombardier, (1907-1964), Canada
- snowmobile
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Seth
Boyden, (1788-1870), USA - invented a nail-making machine
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Walter
Houser Brattain, (1902-1987), USA - co-inventor of the transistor
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Louis
Braille, (1809-1852), France - the Braille writing system
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Karl
Ferdinand Braun, (1850-1918), Germany - cathode-ray
tube oscilloscope
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Edwin
Beard Budding, (1795-1846) England - lawnmower
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Roger
Bacon, (1214-1292) England - magnifying
glass
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Ci
Ln, (c. AD 50-121), China - paper
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Marvin
Camras, (1916 - 1995), USA - magnetic recording
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Chester
Carlson, (1906-1968) USA - electrophotography
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Wallace
Carothers, (1896-1937), USA - Nylon
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Samuel
Hunter Christie, (1784-1865), England - Wheatstone
bridge
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Christopher
Cockerell, (1910-1999), England - Hovercraft
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Jacques
Cousteau, (1910-1997), France - co-inventor of the aqualung
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Holger
Crafoord, (1908-1982), Sweden - inventor of the artificial
kidney
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Nicolas-Joseph
Cugnot, (1725-1804), France - automobile
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Juan
de la Cierva, (1895--1936), Spain
- the autogyro
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Richard Cinque, (1960-Current), USA - Sock Clip, Plate Caddy
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William
Cullen, (1710-1790), Scotland - first artificial refrigerator
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Gustaf
Daln, (1869-1937), Sweden - invented the AGA Lighthouse
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Salvino
D'Armate - credited for inventing eyeglasses
in 1284
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Lee
DeForest, (1873-1961), USA - triode,
amongst others
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Sir James
Dewar, (1842-1923), Scotland - Thermos
flask
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William
Kennedy Laurie Dickson, (1860-1935), Scotland - motion picture
camera
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Rudolf
Diesel, (1858-1913), Germany - Diesel
engine
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Karl
Drais, (1785-1851), Germany - bicycle
(Draisine)
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Cornelius
Drebbel, (1572-1633), The
Netherlands - first navigable submarine
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Richard
Drew, USA - Scotch (or cellophane) tape
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George
Eastman, (1854-1932), USA - roll film
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Thomas
Edison, (1847-1931), USA - phonograph,
commercially practical light bulb, amongst others
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Willem
Einthoven, (1860-1927), Netherlands - the electrocardiogram
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Douglas
Engelbart, (1925-), USA - the computer
mouse [1]
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Rune
Elmqvist (1857-1924), Sweden - implantable pacemaker
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John
Ericsson (1803-1889), Sweden - the two screw-propeller
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Lars
Magnus Ericsson (1846-1926), Sweden - the handheld micro telephone
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Philo
Farnsworth, (1906-1971), USA - vacuum
tube television
display
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James
Fergason, (1934-), USA - improved liquid
crystal display
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Reginald
Fessenden, (1866-1932), Canada - two-way radio
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Adolf
Eugen Fick, (1829-1901), Germany - contact
lens
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Alexander
Fleming (August 6, 1881 - March 11, 1955) England - penicillin
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John
Ambrose Fleming, (1848-1945), England - vacuum diode
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Benjamin
Franklin, (1706-1790), USA - the pointed
lightning rod conductor, bifocals
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William
Friese-Greene, (1855-1921), England - cinematography
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Buckminster
Fuller, (1895-1983), USA - geodesic
dome
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Robert
Goddard, (1882-1945), USA - liquid fuel rocket
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Heinrich
Gbel, (1818-1893), Germany - first functional incandescent lamp
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Gordon
Gould, (1920-2005), USA - laser
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Richard
Hall Gower, (1768-1833), United Kingdom - ship's
hull and rigging
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Bette
Nesmith Graham, (1924-1980), USA - Liquid
Paper
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Chester
Greenwood, (1858-1937), USA - thermal
earmuffs
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James
Gregory, (1638-1675), Scotland - reflecting
telescope
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William
Robert Grove, (1811-1896), Wales
- fuel
cell
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Otto
von Guericke, (1602-1686), Germany - vacuum
pump
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Johann
Gutenberg, (circa 1390s-1468), Germany - modern movable type printing
press
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John
Hadley, (1682-1744) - the sextant
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James
Hargreaves, (1720-1778) England - invented the spinning
jenny
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John
Harrison, (1693-1776) England - marine chronometer
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Victor
Hasselblad, (1906-1978), Sweden - invented the 6 x 6 cm single-lens
reflex camera
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Rudolf
Hell, (1901-2002), Germany - the Hellschreiber
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Jozef
Karol Hell, (1713-1789) Slovakia
-the water pillar
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Joseph
Henry, (1797-1898), USA - electromagnetic relay
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Erna
Schneider Hoover, USA - computerized telephone switching system
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Frank
Hornby, (1863-1936) England - invented Meccano
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Charles
F. Kettering (1876-1958) USA - invented automobile self-starter
ignition, Freon
ethyl
gasoline and more
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Jack
Kilby, (1923-2005) USA - patented the first integrated
circuit
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Fritz
Klatte, (1880-1934), Germany - vinyl chloride, forerunner to polyvinyl
chloride
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Margaret
Knight, (1838-1914), USA - machine that completely constructs
box-bottom brown paper bags
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Ivan
Knunyants - (1906-1990) Ukraine
invented Nylon-6
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Gleb
Kotelnikov, (1872-1944), Russia
- knapsack
parachute
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Stephanie
Kwolek, (1923-), USA - Kevlar
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Hedy
Lamarr, (1913-2000), Austria
and USA - Spread
spectrum
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Edwin
H. Land, (1909-1991), USA - Polaroid
polarizing filters and the Land
Camera
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Hkan
Lans, (1942-), Sweden - STDMA datalink (Self organising Time Division
Multiple Access), colour computer graphics
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Irving
Langmuir, (1851-1957), USA - gas filled incandescent lamp, hydrogen
welding
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Lewis
Latimer - worked with Thomas
Edison and patented an improved lightbulb manufacturing process
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Gustav
de Laval (1845-1913), Sweden - invented the milk separator and
the milking machine
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Sergei
Vasiljevich Lebedev, (1874-1934), Russia - synthetic
rubber
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Tim
Berners-Lee, ((June 8, 1955-)) England - world wide web
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Leonardo
da Vinci, (1452-1519), Italy
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Justus
von Liebig, (1803-1873), Germany - nitrogen-based fertilizer
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Frans
Wilhelm Lindqvist, (1862-1931), Sweden - Kerosene stove operated
by compressed air
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Ivan
Lupis-Vukic', (1813-1875), Croatia
- self-propelled torpedo
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Guglielmo
Marconi, (1874-1937), Italy - radio
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Elijah
McCoy, (1844-1929), USA - automatic lubricator for oiling steam
engines
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Jeremy McGowan, (1971-?), USA - Wound
Dressing Impervious To Chemical And Biological Warfare Agents
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Antonio
Meucci, (1808-1896), Italy - the telephone
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Narcis
Monturiol i Estarriol, (1819-1885), Spain - steam powered submarine
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Robert
Moog, (1934-2005), USA - the Moog
synthesizer
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Montgolfier
brothers, (1740-1810) and (1745-1799), France - hot-air
balloon
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Samuel
Morey, (1762-1843), USA - internal combustion engine
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Garrett
A. Morgan, (1877-1963), USA - inventor of the gas
mask, and traffic
signal.
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Samuel
Morse, (1791-1872), USA - telegraph
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Jozef
Murgas (1864-1929), Slovakia - inventor of the wireless
telegraph (forerunner of the radio).
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Helge
Palmcrantz, (1842-1880), Sweden - the multi-barrel, lever-actuated,
machine
gun
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Spede
Pasanen, (1930-2001), Finland
- The ski
jumping sling
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Slavoljub
Eduard Penkala, (1871-1922), Croatia - ball
point pen
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Gustaf Erik Pasch, (1788-1862), Sweden - the safety match
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Henry
Perky, (1843-1906), USA - Shredded
wheat
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Peter
Petroff, (1919-2004), Bulgaria
- digital wrist watch, heart monitor, weather instruments
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Christopher
Polhem, (1661-1751), Sweden - the modern padlock
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Olivia
Poole, (1889-1975), USA, White Earth Indian Reserve - the Jolly
Jumper baby harness
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Baltzar
von Platen (1898-1984) Sweden - refrigerator
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Mihajlo
Pupin (1858-1935) Serbia
- pupinisation, tunable oscillator, Pupin coil
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Augustus
Siebe,(1788-1872) Saxony&England
Inventor of the standard
diving dress
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Alberto
Santos-Dumont, (1873-1932), Brazil
- non-rigid
airship and airplane
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Adolphe
Sax, (1814-1894), Belgium - saxophone
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August
Schrader, USA - Schrader
valve for Pneumatic
tire
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David
Schwarz, (1852-1897), Croatia, - rigid ship, later called Zeppelin
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William
Bradford Shockley, (1910-1989), USA - co-inventor of transistor
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Werner
von Siemens, (1816-1892), Germany - an electromechanical "dynamic"
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Sir
William Siemens (1823-1883), Germany - regenerative furnace
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Igor
Sikorsky, (1889-1972), Ukraine - helicopter
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Aurel
Stodola, (1859-1942), Slovakia - gas
turbines
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Elmer
Ambrose Sperry (1860-1930), USA - gyroscope-guided automatic
pilot
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Levi
Strauss, (1829-1902), USA - blue jeans
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John
Stringfellow, (1799-1883), England - airplane
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Simon
Sunatori, (1959-), Canada - inventor of Sunatori
Pen
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Joseph
Swan, (1828-1914), England - inventor, physicist
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Nikola
Tesla, (1856-1943), Serbian-Croatian-American - inventor of the
induction
motor, alternating
current polyphase
power distribution system, wireless
communication, robotics,
logic
gates, the bladeless
turbine, radio and VTOL
aircraft (among others).
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Benjamin
Chew Tilghman, (1821-), USA - sandblasting
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Leonardo
Torres y Quevedo, (1852-1936), Spain
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Alfred
Traeger, (1895-1980), Australia
- the pedal radio
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Franc
Trkman, (1903-1978), Slovenia - electrical switches, accessories
for opening windows
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Alan
Turing, (1912-1954), England - the Turing
machine
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Erik Wallenberg, (1915-1999), Sweden - invented the Tetra
Pak
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Barnes
Wallis, (1887-1979), England - bouncing
bomb
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Ghulam
Sediq Wardak, (1942-), Afghanistan
- 341 unpatented inventions
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Robert
Watson-Watt, (1892-1973), Scotland - microwave radar
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Jonas Wenstrm, (1855-93), Sweden - the three-phase electrical system
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George
Westinghouse, (1846-1914), USA - Air
brake
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Charles
Wheatstone, (1802-1875), England - concertina,
stereoscope,
microphone,
Playfair
cipher
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Eli
Whitney, (1765-1825), USA - the cotton
gin
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Frank
Whittle, (1907-1996) - co-inventor of the jet
engine
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Otto
Wichterle, (1913-1989) Czechoslovakia - invented modern contact
lenses
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Paul
Winchell, (1922-2005) - the artificial
heart
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Sven
Wingquist, (1876-1953), Sweden - Self-aligning ball bearing
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A.
Baldwin Wood, (1879-1956), US inventor & engineer
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Granville
Woods, (1856-1910), USA - the Synchronous Multiplex Railway Telegraph
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The Wright brothers,
Orville Wright (1871-1948) and Wilbur Wright, (1867-1912), USA - aeroplane
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Arthur
Wynne, (1862 - 1945), England - crossword
puzzle
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