Agreicola, Georgius, Mine drainage pump, 1494-1555
Ampere, Andre, Currents in a magnetic field, 1775-1836
Archimedes, Mathematics (pi) and hydrostatics, 287-212 BC
Becquerel, Henri, Radioactivity, 1852-1908
Bell,
Alexander, Telephone, harmonic telegraph, 1847-1922
Benz, Karl, Car electrical ignition, radiator, 1844-1929
Carlson, Chester, Xerography photocopying, 1906-1968
Coulomb, Charles, Electrostatics, torsion balance, 1736-1806
Daguerre, Louis, Photographic process, 1757-1851
Davy, Sir Humphrey, Miner's safety lamp, 1778-1829
Dewar, Sir James, Vacuum insulated flask, 1842-1923
Diesel, Rudolf, Diesel engine, 1858-1913
Edison, Thomas, Lightbulb, phonograph, 1847-1931
Franklin, Benjamin, Bifocals, lightning rod, 1706-1790
Goldmark, Peter, Gramophone, 1906-1977
Guericke, Otto von, Air pump, 1602-1686
Gutenberg, Johann, Movable type printing, 1394-1468
Hargraves, James, Spinning jenny, 1720-1778
Kelvin, Lord (William Thompson), Galvanometer, 1824-1907
Lumiere, Louis, Cinema (moving pictures), 1864-1948
Marconi, Guglielmo, Wireless telegraphy, 1874-1937
Marey, Etienne Jules, Sphygmograph, 1830-1904
Maxim, Sir Hiram, Automatic machine gun, 1840-1916
Morse, Samuel, Telegraph, 1791-1872
Nasmyth, James, Steam hammer, 1808-1890
Newcomen, Thomas, Steam engine, 1663-1729
Newton, Sir Isaac, Reflecting telescope, 1642-1727
Nobel, Alfred, Dynamite, 1833-1896
Rontgen, Wilhelm Conrad, X-ray imaging, 1845-1923
Sperry, Elmer, Gyrocompass, 1860-1930
Trevithick, Richard, High pressure steam engine, 1771-1833
Volta, Alessandro, Voltaic pile (battery), 1745-1827
Whitney, Eli, Cotton gin, milling machine, 1765-1825
Wright, Wilber & Orville, Airplane, 1867-1912, 1871-1948
Zworykin, Vladimir, Iconoscope, 1889-1982
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