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Also Known As Wei Meng-pien
Born 340
Subjects Of Study odometer
Richard Trevithick, detail of an oil painting by John Linnell, 1816; in the Science Museum, London.
Richard Trevithick
British engineer and inventor
Gottlieb Daimler
Gottlieb Daimler
German engineer and inventor
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Zu Chongzhi
Chinese astronomer, mathematician, and engineer
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Robert Moog
American electrical engineer
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Sir Christopher Cockerell
British inventor
Self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci drawn in red chalk, showing an elderly man with long hair and a flowing beard, with a serious, contemplative expression.
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian artist, engineer, and scientist
Alfred Nobel
Alfred Nobel
Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist
Apple executive John Ternus speaks on stage during an Apple product launch event in New York.
John Ternus
American business executive and engineer
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Frederick W. Taylor
American inventor and engineer
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
British engineer
How the corkscrew roller coaster works
Ron Toomer
American engineer and roller coaster designer
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Dean Kamen
American inventor
Robert William Thomson, Scottish inventor; engraving after a photograph, 1873.
Robert William Thomson
Scottish engineer and entrepreneur
Karl Benz
Karl Benz
German engineer
Shockley
William B. Shockley
American physicist
Diesel, 1883
Rudolf Diesel
German engineer
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
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Georges Claude
French engineer
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Thomas Newcomen
British engineer and inventor
Welsbach, Carl Auer, Freiherr von
Carl Auer, Freiherr von Welsbach
Austrian chemist and engineer

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