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1871-1948, aviator; inventor, American

Wright, Orville

1871 - 1948
1873-1903, inventor, British

Turner, Edward Raymond

1873 - 1903
active 1844-1929, patentee of the Lowne's portable spirometer, British

Lowne, Robert Mann

1844 - 1929
1801-1883, physicist, inventor, Belgium

Plateau, Joseph

1801 - 1883
1853-1917, inventor; camera manufacturer; manufacturer of optical devices; camera retailer, Belgian

van Neck, Louis

1853 - 1917
1867-1944,active 1890-1920s, inventor; scientific & medical instrument maker, Austrian

Castagna, Ludwig

1867 - 1944
1804-1867, printer; inventor of type of colour printing process, British, English

Baxter, George

1804 - 1867
1858-1932, marine boiler designer, English; British

Reed, Joseph W

1858 - 1932
1889-1982, electrical engineer; inventor, Russian; American

Zworykin, Vladimir Kosma

1889 - 1982
1899-1971, inventor; engineer, Swiss

Reutter, Jean-Léon

1899 - 1971
1851-1929, inventor, German-born; ethnically Jewish; American

Berliner, Emile

1851 - 1929
1811-1875, inventor; entrepreneur, American

Singer, Isaac Merritt

1811 - 1875
1808-1874, inventor; ship's propeller patentee; marine engineer, England, British

Smith, Sir Francis Petit

1808 - 1874
1824-1888, inventor, American

Wilson, Allen

1824 - 1888
1819-1890, inventor who developed the typewriter, American

Sholes, Christopher Latham

1819 - 1890
1826-1901, electrical engineer; inventor, Belgian

Gramme, Zénobe

1826 - 1901
1862-1940, inventor of a petrol vehicle, British

Butler, Edward

1862 - 1940
1833-1918, brewer, businessman and inventor, English; British

Lovibond, Joseph William

1833 - 1918
1890-1964, mechanical engineer; inventor, British

Beacham, Thomas Edward

1890 - 1964
1899-1991, scientist, plant biochemist and inventor, Leamington Spa

Hill, Robert

1899 - 1991
1819-1867, inventor; sewing machine pioneer, American

Howe, Elias

1819 - 1867
1737-1828, physician; inventor of an aerated water apparatus, British

Nooth, Dr John Mervyn

1737 - 1828
1875-1945, inventor active in cinematography, Polish

Proszynski, Kazimierz

1875 - 1945
1874-1931, electrical engineer; inventor, British

Clinker, R C

1874 - 1931
1862-1930, inventor; industrialist, American

Felt, Dorr Eugene

1862 - 1930
1778-1829, chemist; inventor; lecturer, British; English

Davy, Sir Humphry

1778 - 1829
1834-1905, active 1880s, inventor of types of typewriter and sewing machine, British

Cookson, Frederick Nesfield

1834 - 1905
1860-1935, electrical engineer; film-maker, inventor, born Brittany, France

Dickson, William Kennedy Laurie

1860 - 1935
1833-1899, army officer; inventor, British

Beaumont, Frederick Edward Blackett

1833 - 1899
1842-1890, inventor, motion picture pioneer, Metz, France

Le Prince, Louis Aimé Augustin

1842 - 1890
1846-1920, active 1888, machine maker; inventor of a type of air separator, British

Moodie, Robert

1846 - 1920
1750-1813, engineer; inventor of the extinguisher pump/lift pump, German

Löscher, Carl Emanuel

1750 - 1813
1765-1854, inventor of apparatus for saving life from shipwrecks, British

Manby, George William

1765 - 1854
1842-1920, inventor; industrialist, Swedish

Nordenfelt, Thorsten Wilhelm

1842 - 1920
1816-1892, electrical engineer; inventor; industrialist, German

Siemens, Ernst Werner von

1816 - 1892
1795-1864, mineralogist; analytical chemist, German

Rose, Heinrich

1795 - 1864
1829-1917, dentist and inventor of a mechanical drill, American

Morrison, James Beall

1829 - 1917
1732-1792, inventor of cotton-spinning machinery and cotton manufacturer, English; British

Arkwright, Sir Richard

1732 - 1792
1907-1996, aeronautical engineer; inventor of the jet engine, British; English

Whittle, Sir Frank

1907 - 1996
1833-1896, scientist; inventor; entrepreneur; author; pacifist; manufacturer of armaments, Swedish

Nobel, Alfred Bernhard

1833 - 1896
1765-1833, inventor, Chalon-sur-Saône, France

Niépce, Joseph Nicéphore

1765 - 1833
1907-1995, electronics engineer; inventor, Austrian

Eisler, Paul

1907 - 1995
1755-1830, physician; anatomist; atropologist; paleontologist; inventor, German

Soemmerring, Samuel Thomas von

1755 - 1830
1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Baekeland, Leo Hendrik

1863 - 1944
1822-1911, biostatistician, human geneticist & eugenicist, English, British

Galton, Sir Francis

1822 - 1911
1890-1954, electrical engineer; radio electronics engineer; inventor, American

Armstrong, Edwin Howard

1890 - 1954
1856-1932, manufacturer; inventor, British

Beard, Robert Royou

1856 - 1932
1856-1937, photographer and inventor, American

Ives, Frederic Eugene

1856 - 1937
1850-1936, chemist; inventor, British-born, American

Weston, Edward

1850 - 1936
1852-1911, chemist; scientist; inventor, Dutch

Hoff, Jacobus Henricus van't

1852 - 1911