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Alfred Nobel

Alfred Nobel

Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist

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Hudson Maxim.

Hudson Maxim

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James Dewar

Sir James Dewar

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Pierre-Eugène-Marcellin Berthelot

Pierre-Eugène-Marcellin Berthelot

French chemist

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Sir Frederick Augustus Abel

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