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William Hopkins – Biography, History and Inventions Key Points: William Hopkins worked as a minister, and in the 1890s he became assistant […]
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Wolfgang von Kempelen What is behind the person, who created two hotly debated technical sensations from late XVIII century—the mechanical chess […]
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: Who was Jack Kilby? Jack Kilby, an engineer and recipient of the Nobel Prize for physics (along with Robert Noyce) […]
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Hillerin de Boistissandeau – Biography, History and Inventions : Hillerin de Boistissandeau The French mathematician and inventor Jean-Baptiste Laurent de Hillerin […]
: Who was Thomas Hill? Thomas Hill was an inventor, clergyman, scientist, educator, and university professor. From the halls of Harvard […]
: Curt Herzstark Curt (Kurt) Herzstark (the inventor of the remarkable Curta calculator) was born on 26 January 1902 in Vienna. […]
Herman Hollerith Herman Hollerith was born on 29 February, 1860, in Buffalo, New York. He was the youngest of six […]
: Henry Alonzo House Henry Alonzo House was a prolific American inventor and businessman who developed machinery and processes that have […]
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Emery Hamilton – Biography, History and Inventions Emery Hamilton Emery Manville Hamilton was born 22 January, 1838, in Alfred, Allegany County, New […]
Rene Grillet de Roven Little is known about René Grillet de Roven (see the calculating machine of René Grillet), Sieur Grillet […]
: Philipp Matthaus Hahn Already in his lifetime, the German vicar Philipp Matthäus Hahn was known in church circles through his […]
: Christel Hamann Christian (sobriquet Christel) Bernhard Julius Hamann was born on 27 February, 1870, in Hammelwarden, near Oldenburg, Germany, to […]
Who was William Henry Hart? William Henry Hart was an inventor, watchmaker, jewelry store owner, and proud incorporator of the […]
George Barnard Grant – Biography, History and Inventions George Barnard Grant The American George Barnard Grant was born in Farmingdale, Gardiner, Maine, […]
Emanuel Goldberg on the pages of Life magazine, 1943 Emanuel Goldberg In the 1920s the German scientist Emanuel Goldberg of Zeiss Ikon […]
George Phineas Gordon George Phineas Gordon was born on 21 April, 1810, in Salem, New Hampshire, where his family had lived […]
Frederick Fuller Frederick Lincoln Fuller was born on 11 April, 1861, in Norwich, Conn. He was the first son of Charles […]
Christian Ludwig Gersten – Biography, History and Inventions Christian Ludwig Gersten (Johänn) Christian Ludwig Gersten (or Gerstein) was born on 7 February, […]
Apparently, Dorr Eugene Felt (right) and his sponsor Robert Tarrant also shared an interest in fishing Dorr Eugene Felt Dorr Eugene Felt […]
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Who was Douglas Engelbart? Douglas Engelbart was an internet and computer pioneer. A visionary, Engelbart is responsible for many of […]
Innovation and invention abounded throughout the 1800s. Countless men and women of all sorts of different backgrounds and disciplines […]
Edmund Dana Barbour (Source: Harvard University Archives, HUGFP 125.32, Box 1, Folder Barbour) Edmund Dana Barbour Edmund Dana Barbour, the youngest of […]
Who was Thomas Harold Flowers Thomas Harold Flowers is the technical genius who created the world’s second electronic computer (after ABC […]
Who was Thomas de Colmar Charles Xavier Thomas de Colmar was a French inventor and entrepreneur renowned for developing, patenting, and […]