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Key Points The NLS system of Douglas Engelbart The name of the prominent American inventor and computer pioneer Douglas Carl […]
Key Points Who was Johann Strasser Born Johann Georg Strasser, Johann Strasser was a remarkable Austrian technician, clockmaker, and mechanic […]
Key Points Henri Maillardet Around 1800, the Swiss mechanic and clockmaker Henri Maillardet (1745-1830), who worked then in London, created […]
Key Points Philon of Byzantion Very little is known about the Greek scientist Philon (ca. 280–220 BC) (sometimes called Philo) […]
Key Points Who Was Angela Ruiz Robles? Angela Ruiz Robles (1895-1975) was a Spanish teacher, writer, and the pioneer inventor […]
Key Points Who was Thomas Ross? Thomas Ross was an electrochemical expert from the University of Washington. He was among […]
Key Points: Gottfried Leibniz The great German polymath Gottfried Leibniz (see biography of Leibniz) was one of the first men […]
Key Points Euphonia The German Joseph Faber, born around 1800 in Freiburg Breisgau, near Schwarzwald, came at a young age […]
Key Points Ezra Edgar Witter Ezra Edgar Witter was a holder of many (at least 15) US and Canadian patents […]
Key Points Who was Reuben Rodney James? Reuben Rodney James worked as a farmer and in a woolen mill. He […]
Key Points Fawcett Plumb On 17 June 1881, Fawcett Plumb (1834-1919), a businessman, politician, and prolific inventor from Streator, Illinois, […]
Key Points Who Were Moses and William Pullen? Moses and William Pullen are known for their invention of the Bentham […]
Key Points David Nelson In April of 1860, David R. Nelson of Jackson, Ohio, patented (US patent №28006) a keyboard […]
The Apparatus for Making Calculations of Francis Marston In 1842 a certain Francis Marston of Aston, Parish of Hopesay, County […]
Key Points In 1899 french engineer Georges Lafond from Paris patented (German patent DE148810, US patent US653250 and Swiss patent […]
Key Points Ferdinand Hebentanz On 23 April 1873, Ferdinand Hebentanz, a watchmaker from Budapest, obtained a patent (Privileg) in Austria-Hungary […]
Key Points Eduard Hammenstede On March 31st, 1882 Eduard Hammenstede of Cologne, Germany, received German patent No. 20443 on Schnell-Addirmaschine […]
Key Points Louis Couffignal Louis Pierre Couffignal (1902-1966), a French Mathematician and Cybernetics pioneer, was born in Monflanquin, Fâcheries, on […]
