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Discovered Hydrostatics

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Archimedes

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First to fly over the South Pole

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Richard Byrd

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Discovered Theory of Relativity

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Albert Einstein

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Discovered Expanding Universe

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Edwin Hubble

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Discovered Moons of Jupiter

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Galileo

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Discovered Pluto

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Clyde Tombaugh

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Discovered Uranus

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Sir William Herschel

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Discovered Neptune

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Johann Galle

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Discovered Radium

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Marie and Pierre Curie

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10
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Discovered Fermentation

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Louis Pasteur

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11
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Discovered Penicillin

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Alexander Fleming

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12
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Discovered Photo-electric effect

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Albert Einstein

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13
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Discovered Polio vaccine

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Jonas Salk

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14
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Discovered oral polio vaccine

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Albert Sabin

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15
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Explored southern Louisiana Purchase territory

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Zebulon Pike

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16
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Explored northern Louisiana Purchase territory

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Lewis and Clark

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17
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Machu Picchu discoverer

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Hiram Bingham

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18
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Scottish medical missionary to Africa

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David Livingstone

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19
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Venetian who explored Asia

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Marco Polo

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20
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Discovered DNA

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Francis Crick and James Watson

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21
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Discovered Cause of Yellow Fever

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Walter Reed

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22
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Invented Adding machine

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Blaise Pascal

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23
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Invented AC generator

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Nicoli Tesla

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24
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Discovered Structure of the atom

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Neils Bohr

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25
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Discovered Nucleus of the atom

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Ernest Rutherford

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26
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Discovered Rabies vaccine

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Louis Pasteur

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27
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Discovered Electrical resistance laws

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George Ohm

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28
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Discovered Electromagnetic or radio waves

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Heinrich Hertz

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29
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Discovered X-Ray imaging

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Wilhelm Roentgen

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30
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Discovered Laws of genetics

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Gregor Mendel

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31
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First to fly over the North Pole

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Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett

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32
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Discovered Cure for smallpox

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Edward Jenner

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33
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Discovered Cause of syphilis

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August von Wassermann

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34
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Discovered Antibodies

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Louis Pasteur

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35
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Discovered Cause of tuberculosis and cholera

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Robert Koch

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36
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Discovered Speech center of the brain

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Paul Broca

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37
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Discovered Oxygen

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Joseph Priestly

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38
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Discovered Bacteria

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek

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39
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Discovered Cells

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Robert Hooke

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40
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Discovered Insulin

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Banting and Best

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41
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Incan Conqueror and explorer of Peru

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Francisco Pizarro

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42
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British explorer of Antarctic

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James Ross

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43
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Frenchman who explored the southern Mississippi River

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Sieur de la Salle

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44
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Portuguese discoverer of California

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Juan Cabrillo

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45
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Portuguese discoverer of Brazil

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Pedro Cabral

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46
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Frenchman who founded Montreal and chartered St. Lawrence River

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Jacques Cartier

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47
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John Cabot’s son who explored Rio de la Plata

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Sebastian Cabot

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48
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Italian explorer who discovered Newfoundland

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John Cabot

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49
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First to sail into New York harbor

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Giovanni da Verrazano

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50
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Explorer of American southwest; searched for 7 cities of Cibola

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Francisco de Coronado

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51
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Spaniard who discovered the Mississippi River

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Hernando de Soto

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52
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Aztec conqueror

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Hernando Cortez

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53
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First explorer to see the Pacific Ocean

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Vasco Nunez de Balboa

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54
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Portuguese explorer and first to reach India

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Vasco de Gama

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55
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Italian map maker/explorer who coined the term “New World”

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Amerigo Vespucci

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56
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Discoverer of the New World

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Christopher Columbus

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57
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First to go around the Cape of Good Hope

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Bartolomeu Dias

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58
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Norse explorer of northeast North America - Eric the Red’s son

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Leif Erickson

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59
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Norse explorer who first reached Greenland

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Eric the Red

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60
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First to set foot on U.S. mainland (Florida)

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Ponce de Leon

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61
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First Englishman to reach Australia

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William Dampier

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62
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Competitor of Amundsen - died after reaching the South Pole

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Robert Scott

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63
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First to reach South Pole - 1911

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Roald Amundsen

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64
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First to reach North Pole - 1909

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Robert Peary and Matthew Henson

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65
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Speke’s colleague - spoke 29 languages

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Sir Richard Burton

66
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Englishman who discovered source of the Nile (disputed)

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John Speke

67
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Englishman who discovered world’s 5th largest island

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William Baffin

68
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Discovered the Great Salt Lake

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Jim Bridger

69
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Frenchmen who explored the length of Mississippi River

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Marquette and Joliet

70
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Danish explorer of Alaska and namesake strait

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Vitus Bering

71
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Invented Airplane

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Wright brothers

72
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Englishman who discovered Australia and Hawaii

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James Cook

73
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Norwegian who first navigated Northwest passage

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Roald Amundsen

74
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Dutchman who explored the Pacific

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Abel Tasman

75
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First Englishman to sail around the world

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Sir Francis Drake

76
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First person given credit for sailing around the world

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Ferdinand Magellan

77
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Explorer of the Gambia and Niger Rivers

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Mungo Park

78
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German naturalist who explored the Orinoco

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Friedrich Humboldt

79
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The Father of New France - founded Quebec

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Samuel de Champlain

80
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Explorer of northwest Canada

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Alexander Mackenzie

81
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Invented Movable type

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Johann Gutenberg

82
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Invented Air brakes

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George Westinghouse

83
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Invented Revolver

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Samuel Colt

84
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Invented Refrigerator car

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Gustavis Swift

85
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Invented Railroad sleeping car

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George Pullman

86
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Invented Photographic film

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George Eastman

87
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Invented Phonograph

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Thomas Edison

88
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Invented Paper

89
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Invented Safety razor

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King Gillette

90
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Invented Neon lights

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George Claude

91
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Invented Scissors

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Leonardo da Vinci

92
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Invented Motion picture camera

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Lumiere brothers

93
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Invented Motion picture machine

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Thomas Edison

94
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Invented Mimeograph

95
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Invented Microscope (electron)

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Vladimir Zworykin

96
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Invented Microscope (compound)

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Zacharias Janssen

97
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Invented Mechanical grain reaper

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Cyrus McCormick

98
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Invented Magnifying glass

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Roger Bacon

99
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Invented Machine Gun

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Richard Gatling

100
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Invented Outboard engine

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Ole Evinrude

101
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Invented Telephone

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Alexander Graham Bell

102
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Invented Wireless

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Guglielmo Marconi

103
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Invented Vulcanized rubber

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Charles Goodyear

104
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Invented Transistor

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Bell Telephone Labs

105
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Invented Thermometer (mercury)

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Gabriel Fahrenheit

106
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Invented Thermometer (open column)

107
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Invented Television iconoscope

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Vladimir Zworykin

108
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Invented Telescope (reflecting)

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Sir Isaac Newton

109
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Invented Rotary engine

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Felix Wankel

110
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Invented Telescope

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Hans Lippershey

111
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Invented Lightning rod

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Benjamin Franklin

112
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Invented Telegraph

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Samuel Morse

113
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Invented Submachine gun

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John Thompson

114
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Invented Storage battery

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Alessandro Volta

115
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Invented Steel making process

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Sir Henry Bessemer

116
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Invented Steam engine

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James Watt

117
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Invented Spark plug

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Albert Champion

118
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Invented Sewing machine

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Elias Howe

119
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Invented Screw

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Archimedes

120
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Invented Telescope (astronomical)

121
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Invented Contact lenses

122
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Invented Electric toaster

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General Electric Labs

123
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Invented Earthquake intensity device

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Charles Richter

124
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Invented Dynamo

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Michael Faraday

125
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Invented Dynamite

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Alfred Nobel

126
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Invented Dirigible airship

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Ferdinand von Zeppelin

127
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Invented Cylinder locks

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Linus Yale

128
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Invented Cyclotron

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Ernest O. Laurence

129
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Invented Loom

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Joseph Marie Jacquard

130
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Invented Compression-ignition engine

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Rudolf Diesel

131
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Invented Electric coil

132
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Invented Calculus

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Sir Isaac Newton

133
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Invented Blind reading system

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Louis Braille

134
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Invented Bifocal lens

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Benjamin Franklin

135
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Invented Barometer

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Evangelistra Torricelli

136
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Invented Artificial heart

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Robert Jarvik

137
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Invented Aqua-lung

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Jacques Cousteau

138
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Invented Alternator

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Chrysler Corporation

139
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Invented Zipper

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Whitcomb Judson

140
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Invented Computer concept

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Charles Babbage

141
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Invented Geometry

142
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Invented Air conditioner

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Willis Carrier

143
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Invented Kodak camera (hand-held)

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George Eastman

144
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Invented IQ test

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Alfret Binet

145
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Invented Instant (Polaroid) camera

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Edwin Land

146
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Invented Ink blot test

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Herman Rorschach

147
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Invented Hybrid popcorn

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Orville Redenbacher

148
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Invented helicopter (single rotor)

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Igor Sikorsky

149
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Invented Hamburger

150
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Invented Electric lamp

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Thomas Edison

151
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Invented Grape Juice

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Thomas Welch

152
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Invented Electric razor

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Jacob Schick

153
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Invented Gas burner

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Robert Bunsen

154
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Invented Food freezing

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Clarence Birdseye

155
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Invented Fountain pen

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Lewis Waterman

156
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Invented Eye chart

157
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Invented English derby hat

158
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Invented Elevator

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Elisha Otis

159
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Invented Electric motor

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Michael Faraday

160
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Invented Liquid-fueled rocket

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Robert Goddard

161
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Invented Gyroscope

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Leon Foucault

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