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Carl von Linde

Carl von Linde

German engineer

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British physicist

Robert Boyle

Robert Boyle

Anglo-Irish philosopher and writer

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Greek philosopher

Ctesibius of Alexandria

Ctesibius Of Alexandria

Greek physicist and inventor

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Francis Hauksbee, the Elder

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