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Born August 22, 1860 ā€¢ Poland
Died August 24, 1940 (aged 80) ā€¢ Berlin ā€¢ Germany
Inventions Nipkow disk
Ohain, Hans Joachim Pabst von
Hans Joachim Pabst von Ohain
German designer
Gottlieb Daimler
Gottlieb Daimler
German engineer and inventor
Nikolaus Otto, c. 1868
Nikolaus Otto
German engineer
Richard Trevithick, detail of an oil painting by John Linnell, 1816; in the Science Museum, London.
Richard Trevithick
British engineer and inventor
John Ericsson, detail of an oil painting by Charles Loring Elliott; in the Science Museum, London.
John Ericsson
Swedish-born American naval engineer and inventor
Ctesibius of Alexandria
Ctesibius Of Alexandria
Greek physicist and inventor
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Nathan Read
American engineer and inventor
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Elisha King Root
American inventor, engineer, and manufacturer
Sir William Siemens, engraving after a portrait by Rudolf Lehmann
Sir William Siemens
German-born English engineer and inventor
Portrait of Dr. Felix Wankel, wearing glasses, a suit, and a tie, looking at the camera.
Felix Wankel
German inventor
Werner von Siemens, drawing by Ismael Gentz, 1887
Werner von Siemens
German electrical engineer
Robert Bunsen
Robert Bunsen
German chemist
Karl Benz
Karl Benz
German engineer
Diesel, 1883
Rudolf Diesel
German engineer
Guericke, engraving by C. Galle, 1649, after a portrait by Anselmus von Hulle
Otto von Guericke
Prussian physicist, engineer, and philosopher
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Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
Polish-born Dutch physicist
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Robert Bosch
German engineer
Carl von Linde
Carl von Linde
German engineer
Ruhmkorff coil
Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff
German inventor
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Max Eyth
German engineer and inventor

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