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Born May 9, 1845 • Sweden
Died February 2, 1913 (aged 67) • Stockholm • Sweden
Nils Gustaf Dalén.
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John Ericsson, detail of an oil painting by Charles Loring Elliott; in the Science Museum, London.
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Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron
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James B. Eads
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R. Buckminster Fuller shown with a geodesic dome constructed as the U.S. pavilion at the American Exchange Exhibit, Moscow, 1959
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Henry Bessemer
Henry Bessemer
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Auguste Piccard, 1961
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Richard Trevithick, detail of an oil painting by John Linnell, 1816; in the Science Museum, London.
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Jack Kilby
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Noyce, Robert
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George Stephenson
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Sir William Siemens, engraving after a portrait by Rudolf Lehmann
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German-born English engineer and inventor
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Harold Rosen
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Portrait of Dr. Felix Wankel, wearing glasses, a suit, and a tie, looking at the camera.
Felix Wankel
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Clément Ader.
Clément Ader
French engineer and inventor
Black and white portrait of Francois Hennebique, inventor of the Hennebique system of reinforced concrete.
François Hennebique
French engineer
Frank Whittle
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Jacques Piccard
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