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AC Generator

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Nicola Tesla

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Adding Machine

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Blaise Pascal

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AIr Brakes

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George Westinghouse

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Air Conditioner

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Willis Carrier

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Airplane

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WRight Brother

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Alternator

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Chrysler Corp

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Aqua-Lung

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Jacques Cousteau

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Artificial Heart

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Robert Jarvik

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Barometer

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Evangelista Torricelli

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Bifocal Lens

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Ben Franklin

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Blind Reading Sytem

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Louis Brailled

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Blue Jeans

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Levi Strauss

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Calculus

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Sir Isaac Newton

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Contacts

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Adolf Frick

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Compression-Ignition Engine

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Rudolf Diesel

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Computer Conceiver

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Charles Babbage

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Cotton Gin

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Eli Whitney

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Dirigible Airship

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Ferdinand Von Zeppelin

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Dynamite

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Alfred Nobel

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Earthquake Intensity Device

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Charles Richter

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Electric Toaster

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General Electric Labs

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Electric Lamp

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Thomas Edison

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Electric Razor

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Jacob Schick

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Electric MOtor

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Micahel Faraday

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Elevator

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Michael Elisha Otis

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Eye Chart

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Herman Snellen

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Fountain Pen

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Lewis Waterman

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Food Freezing

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Clarence Birdseye

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Gas Burner

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Robert Bunsen

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Geometry

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Euclid

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Grape Juice

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Thomas Welch

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Gyroscope

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Leon Foucault

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Hamburger

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JH Salisbury

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Helicopter (Single Rotor)

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Igor Sikorsky

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Hor Air Ballon

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Montgolfier Brothers

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Hybrid Popcorn

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Orville Redenbacher

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Ink Blot Test

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Herman Rorschach

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Instant Camera

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Edwin Land (Polaroid)

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IQ Test

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Alfred Binet

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Kodak Camera (Hand-Held)

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George Eastman

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LIghtening Rod

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Ben Franklin

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Liquid-Fueled Rocket

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Robert Goddard

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Programmable Loom

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Joseph Marie Jacquard

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Machine Gun

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Richard Gatling

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Magnifying Glass

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Roger Bacon

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Mechanical Grain Reaper

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Cyrus McCormick

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MIcroscope (Compound)

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Zacharias Janssen

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Microscope (Electron

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Vladimir Zworykin

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Mimeograph

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AB Dick

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Motion Picture Machine

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Thomas Edison

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Motion Picture Camera

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Lumiere Brothers

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MOvable Type

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Johann Gutenberg

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Neon Lights

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George Claude

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Outboard Engine

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Ole Evinrude

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Pacemaker

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Wilson Greatbatch

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Paper

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Cai Lun

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Phonograph

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Thomas Edison

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Photographic Film

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George Eastman

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Railroad Sleeping Car

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George Pullman

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Refrigerator Car

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Gustavis Swift

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Revolver

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Samuel Colt

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Rotary Engine

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Felix Wankel

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Safety Razor

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King Gillette

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Scissors

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Leonardo Da Vinci

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Screw

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Archimedes

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Sewing Machine

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Elias Howe

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Spark Plug

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Albert Champion

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Steam Engine

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James Watt

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Steel making Process

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Sir Henry Bessemer

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Storage Battery

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Allesandro Volta

71
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Submachine Gun

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John Thompson

72
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Telegraph

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Samuel Morse

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Telephone

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Alexander Graham Bell

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Telescope

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Hans Lippershey

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Telescope (Astronomical)

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Galileo

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Telescope (Reflecting)

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Sir. Isaac Newton

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Thermometer (Open Column)

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Galileo

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Thermometer (Mercury)

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Gabriel Fahrenheit

79
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Transistor

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Bell Telephone Labs

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Vulcanized Rubber

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Charles Goodyear

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Wireless

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Guglielo Marconi

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Zipper

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Whitcomb Judson

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