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The first man who was flashed upon to use electricity for calculation purposes, was probably a German mechanic, […]
Who Was Reynold Johnson? Born in 1906, Reynold Johnson was a remarkable American inventor, one of IBM’s most […]
James White Much of the scarce information, available about the life of James White, a civil engineer and […]
Konrad Zuse Konrad Zuse was born on 22 June 1910, in Berlin (Wilmersdorf), the capital of Germany, in […]
On 6 November 1894, Horace David Hicks, an employee of Brown’s Lumber Company, Whitefield, New Hampshire, USA, got […]
Alessandro Volta Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta was born was born in Como, Lombardy, duchy of Milan, […]
Who was Ramon Verea? Ramón Silvestre Verea Aguiar y García was a Spanish-born Hispanic inventor and author. Early Life Born […]
Leonardo Torres y Quevedo Leonardo Torres y Quevedo was born on 28 December 1852, on the Feast of the Holy […]
Who Was George Stibitz George Stibitz was an American inventor and computer pioneer. He is best known for […]
Who was Leonard Stowe? Leonard Stowe was born on March 11, 1837, in Trolly Hall. This is a […]
Charles Stanhope The British statesman and versatile scientist Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope and Viscount Mahon, was born […]
Chaim Zelig Slonimski Chaim Zelig Slonimski (also known by many name variations through Hebrew, Yiddish, Polish, and the […]
Who was Eduard Selling Eduard Selling was a German mathematician and an inventor of calculating machines. Early life […]
Who Was Pehr-Georg Scheutz? Pehr-Georg Scheutz, born on September 23, 1785, was a Swedish inventor, translator, and lawyer, […]
Few know of James Ritty, but he is a man who has influenced the life of virtually everyone […]
Who Was Jean-Baptiste Schwilgue? Born Jean-Baptiste Sosime Schwilgue in December 1776, Jean-Baptiste Schwilgue was the original architect of […]
Wilhelm Schickard Early Life Wilhelm Schickard (see the calculating machine of Schickard) was born in the morning at […]
David Roth The Austrian Jew David Roth was born in 1808 in Cassovia (now Košice in Slovakia, but […]
Following a period spent at the University of Erlangen studying theology, Johann Reichold left to work as a […]
Giovanni Poleni Giovanni Poleni was born on 23 August, 1683, in Venice, Italy, to Jacopo (Giacomo) Poleni (1655-1737) […]
Fawcett Plumb was born on 10 December 1834, in Andover, Ohio, to Frances Merrill Plumb (1806-1899) and Laura Mary Hyde […]
Charles Felton Pidgin Charles Felton Pidgin was born on 11 November 1844, in a house in Felton Place at Boston […]
Who Was Solomon Pool? Solomon Pool was a famous educator, the University of North Carolina’s fourth president, and […]
Claude Perrault Claude Perrault (see the calculating machine of Perrault) was born in Paris on 25 September 1613, […]
