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Person or Place Year Code --------------------------- ---------- ----- 3M Co. 1928 hp Abbott 1949 hp Abraham 1300 BC E we Abu Hayyan 0721 ch Achenwall 1748 ma Adam 1799 hp Adams 1846 sw Addis 1770 hp Affel 1929 ee Aggiunti 1600 md Agricola 1556 os AIcmaeon 0580-0489 BC md Albert 1799 tm Alberti 1436 cm Alberti 1440 ph Albertus Magnus 1250 pt Albuzjani 0972 ma Alemdeon 0500 md Alfranio 1477 hp Alhazen 1000 E cm Ali Al-hazen 1000 ph Al-khazini 1121 ph al-Khwarizimi 0830 ma Allbutt 1867 md Allen 1975 ct Altair 1975 ct Amdahl 1954 ct American Airlines 1964 ct Amontons 1699 ph Ampere 1820 ee Ampere 1834 ti Anaxagoras 0470 BC ph Anaxagorus 0500 BC md Anaximander 0520 BC ma Anaximander 0575 BC ti Anaximander 0600 BC sw Anaximenes 0500 BC ch Andreesen 1993 cm Angel 1986 hp Anger 1957 tm Anschutz 1907 ti Apollonius 0200 BC ma Appel/Haken 1976 ma Appert 1804 os Appert 1804 hp Appert 1810 os Appert 1893 tm Appleton 1924 ee Arago 1820 ee Archagathis 0200 BC md Archbishop Usher 1650 we Archimedes 0240 BC ph Archimedes 0250 BC os Archimedes 0250 BC tm Arfvedson 1817 pt Arg 1782 tm Argand 1804 tm Aristarchus 0300 BC sw Aristophanes 0264 BC cm Aristotle 0330 BC ma Aristotle 0335 BC ac Aristotle 0340 BC tr Aristotle 0350 BC ch Aristotle 0350 BC ma Aristotle 0400 BC tm Arkwright 1769 tm Armengaud 1903 tm Armstrong 1850 tm Armstrong 1933 ee Armstrong 1969 sw Arneson 1973 hp Artemisia 0350 BC ac Arya-BHata 0515 ma Aryans 0500 BC E we Asclepiades 0120 BC md Asimov 1940 ee Aspdin 1824 ac Assyrians 0600 BC ac Aston 1922 ch AT&T 1949 cm AT&T 1960 cm AT&T 1962 sw AT&T 1962 cm Atanasoff 1940 ct Athens 0438 BC ac Attalus 0184 BC cm Attwood 1783 ti Augsburg 1548 ac Augustus II the Strong 1708 ac B F Goodrich Co 1947 tr Babbage 1822 ct Babbage 1834 ee Babbage 1834 ct Babbit 1839 tm Backus 1957 ct Bacon 1959 ee Bacon Francis 1620 os Bacon Roger 1231 cm Bacon Roger 1250 tm Bacon Roger 1260 ph Baekeland 1906 ch Baekeland 1908 ch Bahk 1957 md Bain 1843 cm Baird 1923 cm Baird 1938 cm Balard 1826 pt Balard 1844 ch Banco 1436 ti Banting 1921 md Barclay 1842 ac Bardeen 1947 we Bardeen 1947 cm Barker 1947 ph Barnard Cancer Hospital 1946 ph Barnett 1838 tm Baron 1962 cm Bayer Co. 1893 md Becquerel 1839 ee Becquerel 1859 hp Becquerel 1896 ph Bednorz 1986 ch Beer 1836 sw Behaim 1492 ti Beidler 1903 hp Belin 1914 cm Bell Alexander 1876 cm Bell Co. 1946 cm Bell Co. 1981 cm Bell Labs 1935 cm Bell Labs 1940 ct Bell Labs 1954 cm Bell Labs 1981 cm Bell Labs 1976 cm Bell Punch Co. 1963 ct Bell, Alexander 1880 ee Bell/Hewish 1967 sw Bellcore 1987 cm Belon 1555 md Benabid 1986 md Benedictine monastery 1147 cm Benedictus 1909 ch Bennett 1787 ee Bennewitz 1540 sw Benz 1879 tm Benz 1883 tr Benz 1885 tr Berger 1929 md Berges 1869 tm Bergius 1926 ch Bergmann 1886 md Beringuccio 1540 tm Berliner 1888 hp Berners-Lee 1992 cm Berners-Lee 1989 cm Bernoulli 1720 ma Bernoulli 1738 ch Berquen 1456 tm Berry 1940 ct Berthier 1825 ch Berthollet 1785 ch Berzelius 1811 ch Berzelius 1817 pt Berzelius 1818 ch Berzelius 1823 pt Berzelius 1828 pt Berzelius 1841 ch Bessemer 1856 ac Bessler 1717 tm Besson 1578 tm Bethe 1938 sw Beukelszoon 1260 ch Bhaskara 1155 ph Bichat 1800 md Bickford 1831 ee Bier 1956 md Binet Jacques 1840 ma Binney 1903 hp Binnig 1981 ch Birdseye 1914 hp Birdseye 1926 hp Birkeland 1903 ch Biro 1938 hp Bissell 1876 hp Black 1754 ch Black 1760 os Black 1762 ph Blackwell 1847 md Blain 1840 ti Blanchard 1785 sw Blanchard 1818 tm Blatner 1410 tr Blenkinsop 1812 tr Blue 1884 tm Blumental 1805 os Blunt 1877 os Bobeck 1967 ee Bodmer 1842 tm Bogardus 1847 ac Boileau/Eiffel 1876 ac Boisbaudran 1875 pt Boisbaudran 1879 pt Boisbaudran 1886 pt Bolt Beranek & Newman 1974 cm Boltzmann 1884 ma Bonnel 1836 ch Bonnemain 1762 hp Boole 1847 ma Boole 1854 ma Boot 1939 ph Bordas 1900 os Bordino 1854 tr Borel 1653 cm Borelli 1680 md Borsch 1908 hp Bottger 1845 hp Bouchardat 1880 ch Boulton 1868 tr Boyle 1658 hp Boyle 1661 ch Bradley James 1728 ph Bradley Milton 1869 hp Bragg 1912 ma Brahe 1570 sw Brahe 1577 sw Braithwaite 1829 tr Bramah 1785 tr Bramah 1796 tm Bramah 1802 tm Brand 1669 pt Brandenburger 1908 ch Brandt 1733 ch Brandt 1735 pt Branges 1985 ma Braswell 1983 ac Brattain 1947 we Brattain 1947 cm Braun 1897 ee Brayton 1873 tm Brearley 1912 ac Breguet 1866 ti Brewster 1817 hp Brewster 1833 ch Bricklin 1979 ct Brindley 1759 ac Brinster 1983 os British Admiralty 1834 cm Broughton 1747 hp Brown 1823 tm Brown 1827 os Brownrigg 1741 hp Bruch 1962 cm Brulier 1552 tm Brunel 1818 tm Brunel 1835 tr Brunel 1806 tm Brunnelleschi 1436 ac Brunnelleschi 1418 ac Brunot 1948 hp Buache 1737 ti Budding 1831 hp Buffalmacco 1320 cm Buffon 1747 tm Bullock 1865 cm Bundy 1885 ti Bunsen 1855 tm Bunsen 1860 pt Bunsen 1861 pt Bureau 1927 sw Buridan 1355 ph Burroughs 1888 ct Burton 1816 tm Burton 1847 ac Burton 1848 hp Buschmann 1821 hp Buschmann 1822 hp Bush 1945 cm Bushnell 1972 hp Bussy 1829 pt Butts 1931 hp Cadillac 1915 tr Caesar 0046 BC md Caesar 0080 BC ac Caesar 0100 BC md Caesarea Palestinae 0001 BC ac Cagniard de la Tour 1819 hp Cailler 1819 hp Cailletet 1877 ch Calhamer 1958 hp Campbell 1757 ti Camus 1726 tm Cannizarro 1858 ph Cantor 1874 ma Cantrell 1934 hp Capek 1921 ee Caquot 1966 ac Cardano 1545 tm Cardano 1545 ma Carison 1937 cm Carlier 1866 hp Carlson 1923 ee Carlson 1938 hp Carnot 1820 ph Carothers 1934 ch Carothers 1941 ch Carrier 1902 os Carrier 1911 os Carson 1962 os Cartan 1901 ma Cartier 1907 ti Cartwright 1785 tm Cartwright 1845 hp Case Co. 1829 tm Caselli 1866 cm Cassini 1665 sw Cassini 1671 sw Cassini 1672 sw Cassini 1675 sw Castel 1720 hp Cauchy 1825 ma Cavalieri 1631 ma Cavallina 1500 tm Cavendish 1766 pt Cavendish 1781 ch Cavendish 1798 sw Caventou 1817 os Caventou 1820 ch Caxton 1479 cm Caxton 1474 cm Cayley 1804 ph Cayley 1805 tr Cayley 1807 tm Cayley 1809 ph Cayley 1809 ac Cayley 1838 ma Celcus 0005 BC md Chadwick 1932 ph Chalmers 1833 hp Chalmers 1930 ch Chambers 1728 cm Champollion 1822 cm Chappe 1791 cm Chappe 1793 cm Charch 1926 ch Charcot 1870 md Chardonnet 1886 hp Chares 0500 BC ac Charles 1783 tr Chaucer 1387 cm Chevalier 1830 cm Chevreul 1823 os Chevreul 1835 ch Chilvers 1958 hp Chladni 1794 sw Christiansen 1949 hp Christ's College 1509 hp Chrysler 1934 tr Cieve 1879 pt Citroen Co. 1955 tr Clark 1996 md Clark 1930 hp Clarke 1945 sw Claude 1909 ee Clausius 1865 ph Clayton 1688 ch Clerk 1864 ee Clifford 1856 tm Coats 1924 tm Cochrane 1830 os Cockcroft 1932 ph Cockerell 1959 tr Cockroft 1932 ph Coffey 1830 ch Coleco Co. 1983 hp Columbia Data Co. 1982 ct Constantine 0862 cm Conte 1792 hp Contraceptive pill 1996 md Cook 1839 hp Cook 1874 hp Cooke 1770 tm Cooke 1837 cm Cooley 1965 ma Coolidge 1913 ee Coolidge 1913 ph Cooper 1901 tm Cooperative Fuel Co. 1929 ch Copernicus 1543 sw Cordus 1540 ch Cornu 1907 tr Corson 1940 pt Cortes 1519 hp Cortes 1573 hp Costeau 1943 tr Coster 1923 pt Coubeiron 1831 ch Courtois 1811 pt Cowen 1901 hp Cramer 1812 hp Cranege Bros. 1776 ac Crassus 0071 BC cn Crawford 1790 pt Crawford 1932 ch Creusot-Loire Co. 1975 ch Crick 1991 md Cristofori 1698 hp Crompton 1776 tm Crone 1667 sw Cronstedt 1751 pt Crookes 1861 pt Crookes 1879 ee Crotona 0525 BC E ma Cugnot 1769 tm Cugnot 1769 tr Cugnot 1770 tm Curie 1934 ph Curie 1898 pt Curtis 1853 ti Cuttris 1877 cm Cuvier 1798 md Cuvier 1812 os Cyrill 0862 cm Cyrus the Great 2006 we da Gama 1497 md da Gama 1497 we da Vinci 1480 ph da Vinci 1503 cm Daguerre 1835 hp Daguerre 1839 cm Dahl 1784 os Daimler 1885 tr Daimler 1889 tr Dalton 1774 md Dalton 1803 ch Dalton 1808 ch Daniell 1836 ee Darby 1708 ac Darby 1735 ch Darby 1779 ac Darby Snr. 1709 ch Darrow 1933 hp d'Arsonval 1900 os Darwin 1837 os Darwin 1842 os Darwin 1859 os Datsun Co. 1980 tr Dausset 1958 md Davenport 1827 tr Davenport 1837 ee Davey 1863 ti Davidson 1905 os Davies 1983 md Davis 1926 tr Davis 1950 cm Davis 1964 ct Davy 1800 ch Davy 1807 pt Davy 1808 pt Davy 1809 ee Davy 1817 tm Davy 1836 ch Dawes 1850 sw Day 1833 cm de Bom 1534 tr de Bort 1898 sw de Buffon 1749 os de Colmar 1820 ct de Coulomb 1777 tm de Fermat 1637 ma de Fermat 1654 ma de France 1956 cm de Fredy 1896 we de Garay 1457 tr de Gennes 1678 tm de Hevesy 1927 ph de la Cierva 1920 tr de la Cierva 1935 ph de la Condamine 1736 ch de La Vall‚e-Poussin 1896 ma de Lamarck 1801 os de Larderel 1818 tm de Laval 1878 tm de Laval 1882 tm de l'Epee/Sicard 1780's cm de Lisle 1783 os de l'Orme 1568 ac de Luzzi 1315 md de Luzzi 1316 md de Maricourt 1269 ph de Maricourt 1269 os de Mestral 1948 hp de Morveau 1798 ch de Prony 1821 ee de Reaumur 1752 md de Rivaz 1804 tr de Sivrac 1790 tr de Torres 1850 hp de Witt 1660 ma de Worde 1400 hp Debierne 1899 pt DEC Co. 1963 ct DeForest 1907 ee degli Armati 1280 tm Deiman 1789 ch del Marchi 1535 tm Delabadie 1684 tm Delamare 1883 tm d'Elhujar 1783 pt della Porta 1570 cm Demarcay 1901 pt Demiknov 1988 md Democritus 0425 BC ch Denison 1853 ti Denner 1670 hp Denys the Small 0532 ti Deprez 1882 ee Derosne 1804 md Descartes 1637 ti Descartes 1637 ph Descartes 1637 ma Desmarest 1756 os Desormes 1806 ch Detrochet 1824 md Deutsch 1944 ee Devigne 1565 hp Deville 1855 ac DeVries 1982 md Dewar 1889 ch Dewar 1904 hp Diderot 1751 cm Diderot 1780 hp Didot 1737 cm Digges 1551 ti Diophantus 0250 ma Disney 1928 hp Dodge Co. 1916 tr Doi 1979 hp Dokkum 1533 ti Domenico 1481 tm Donkin 1840 ti Donne 1840 os Donovan 1928 ee Dorn 1900 pt Doughty 1982 cm Downes 1877 os Downing 1840's tr Drais 1817 tr Drake 1859 we Drake 1859 os Drake 1859 tm Draper 1847 ph Drew 1925 hp Drinker 1928 md du Fay 1733 ee du Guet 1688 hp du Pont Co. 1938 ch du Pont Co. 1952 ch du Pont Co. 1936 ch Dubus 1836 ch Duchateau 1770 hp Dudley 1619 os Dudley 1621 tm Duke Univ. 1957 md Duley 1935 os Dulin 1815 ac Dumas 1832 ch Duncan 1929 hp Dunlop 1888 tr Durant 1908 tr Dussenberg 1919 tr Duttenhofer 1884 ch Eastman 1877 hp Eastman 1885 cm Eastman 1888 hp Eastman 1889 hp EBR-1 1951 ee Eccles 1919 ee Eckert 1964 ct Eckert 1945 ct Edgeworth 1755 tr Edison 1870 cm Edison 1877 cm Edison 1879 ee Edison 1882 ee Edison 1883 hp Edison 1889 cm Edison 1891 cm Edison 1895 cm Edwards 1978 md Ehrlich 1907 md Eiffel Tower 1921 cm Eilmer 1060 tr Einstein 1919 ph Einstein 1905 ph Einstein 1917 ph Einthoven 1903 md Eisenhower 1958 ct Ekeberg 1802 pt Elster 1873 ee Elster 1905 ee EMI Co. 1936 cm Empedocles 0460 BC md Empedocles 0460 BC ph Empire SA Co. 1984 ti Encke 1822 sw Encke 1824 sw Englebart 1963 ct Eratosthenes 0250 BC sw Eratosthenes 0255 BC sw Ericsson 1829 tr Ericsson 1835 tr Etruscans 0700 BC md Euclid 0300 BC ma Eudoxus 0370 BC ma Eugene 1825 hp Euler 1737 ma Euler 1744 ma Euler 1748 ma Euler 1749 ma Eupalinus 0550 BC ac European Space Agency 1979 sw Eustacio 1714 md Ever Ready Co. 1900 hp Eyde 1903 ch Fabricius 1603 md Fahlberg 1879 ch Faltings 1983 ma Faraday 1831 ee Faraday 1818 md Faraday 1821 ee Faraday 1822 ac Faraday 1823 ee Faraday 1823 ch Faraday 1825 ch Faraday 1833 ee Farina 1850 ch Farmer 1839 tr Farnsworth 1927 ee Farnsworth 1927 cm Fauchard 1728 md Favre 1780 hp Fawcett 1933 ch Felt 1885 ct Fenno-Ronning Co. 1915 tm Ferguson 1935 tm Fermat 1636 ma Fermi 1942 ph Ferranti Mark I 1951 ct Fessenden 1906 cm Fibonacci 1202 ma Finlay 1900 md Finley 1801 ac Fischer 1920 ch Fisher 1906 hp Fitch 1785 tr Fitch 1845 tm Fittig 1877 ch Flaherty 1921 ch Flemming 1904 ee Flemming 1928 md Flight 1816 hp Florey 1943 md Floyer 1707 md Focke 1934 tr Focq 1751 tm Folli 1664 tm Ford 1903 tr Ford 1908 tr Ford 1916 tr Ford Aerospace 1974 sw Forlanini 1889 tr Forneaux 1863 hp Forrester 1949 ee Forssman 1956 md Fottinger 1904 tm Foucault 1852 tm Fourier 1807 ma Fourier 1827 os Fourness 1837 tm Fourneyron 1827 tm Fox 1874 hp Frankland 1849 ch Franklin 1737 hp Franklin 1740 tm Franklin 1747 ee Franklin 1752 ee Franklin 1761 hp Franklin 1778 hp Franklin 1784 sw French Academy of Sciences 1791 ti Fresnel 1816 ph Fresnel 1818 ph Fresnel 1822 tm Freud 1890 md Freud 1900 md Freud 1923 md Frick 1887 hp Frisch 1938 we Fuchs 1734 tm Fuller 1902 tr Fuller 1954 ac Fulton 1790 tr Fussell 1851 hp Gabor 1947 ph Gadolin 1794 pt Gaede 1905 tm Gagarin 1961 sw Gahn 1774 pt Galileo 1575 ph Galileo 1593 ti Galileo 1602 ph Galileo 1609 tm Galileo 1609 sw Galle 1846 sw Galle 1846 sw Galton 1861 sw Galton 1892 hp Garnerin 1797 tr Gascoigne 1639 tm Gascoigne 1640 ti Gascoigne 1641 sw Gassendi 1649 ch Gates 1975 ct Gates 1975 ct Gauss 1799 ma Gauss 1801 ma Gauss 1833 cm Gavrilov 1891 tm Gay-Lussac 1825 hp Gay-Lussac 1808 pt Gayon 1885 ch GE Co. 1926 hp GE Co. 1955 ch GE Co. 1980 ch Geissler 1850 ph Geissler 1855 tm Gellibrand 1635 os Gemini spacecraft 1965 sw General Mills Co. 1949 hp Genoux 1829 cm Gensfleich (Gutenberg) 1440 cm Gensfleich (Gutenberg) 1455 cm Gerhardt 1853 md Gessner 1565 cm Ghiorso 1953 pt Ghiorso 1974 pt Ghiorso 1955 pt Ghiorso 1958 pt Ghiorso 1961 pt Ghiorso 1969 pt Ghiorso 1970 pt Gibbon 1935 md Gibbon 1953 md Gibson 1933 ch Giffard 1852 tr Gilardoni 1834 tm Gilbert 1600 ee Gilbert 1600 sw Gilbert 1913 hp Giliasso 1928 tm Gillot 1828 cm Gintl 1853 cm Giotto 1304 sw Glass 1849 hp Glendenin 1945 pt Glenn 1997 sw Glidden 1873 tm GM Co. 1953 tr Goddard 1915 sw Goddard 1926 sw Godel 1931 ma Goldmark 1947 cm Goldmark 1948 hp Gollan 1996 md Goodrich 1934 tm Goodricke 1782 sw Goodyear 1839 ch Gordon 1955 tm Gordon 1957 tm Goulard 1882 ee Graham 1726 ti Graham 1863 ch Gramme 1869 ee Gramme 1870 ac Gramme 1878 ee Granjean 1957 hp Gray 1876 cm Gray 1729 ee Gray 1889 cm Green 1828 ma Green 1874 hp Greenwood 1790 md Gregor 1791 pt Grew 1682 os Grimaldi 1665 ph Grotefend 1800 cm Gruelle 1915 hp Guillet 1904 ac Guilmet 1869 hp Gurney 1825 tm Gygax 1973 hp Haas 1952 hp Haber 1910 ch Haber 1927 ch Hadamard 1896 ma Hadley 1731 ti Hadley 1735 sw Hahn 1938 we Hahn 1939 ph Hahn 1917 pt Hahnemann 1796 md Haldane 1927 tm Hale 1935 hp Hales 1705 os Hales 1727 md Hales 1741 tm Hall 1729 ph Hall 1733 sw Hall 1733 tm Hall 1867 tr Hall 1877 sw Hall 1886 ac Hall 1961 tm Halley 1678 sw Halley 1682 sw Halley 1686 sw Halley 1693 os Halley 1705 sw Halley 1718 sw Halley 1721 tr Haloid Co. 1947 hp Halsted 1890 md Hamilton 1843 ma Hammes 1927 hp Hancock 1820 hp Hancock 1827 tr Hancock 1831 tr Hancock 1846 tr Handler 1959 hp Handler 1966 hp Hansen 1880 md Hargreaves 1764 tm Hargrove 1893 hp Harington 1589 hp Harington 1589 we Harrison 1735 ti Harrison 1761 ti Harrison 1787 ti Harvey 1628 md Harwood 1923 ti Hasbro Co. 1952 hp Hasegawa 1974 hp Hatchett 1801 pt Hauy 1784 cm Heath 1839 ac Heath Kit Co. 1982 tm Hellesen 1887 ee Helsmeyer 1904 ph Henlein 1504 ti Hephaestus 0850 BC ee Heraclitus 0480 BC ph Hermite 1873 ma Hero of Alexandria 0100 ph Hero of Alexandria 0100 ph Herodotus 0440 BC ct Heron 0255 BC tm Herschel 1781 sw Herschel 1783 sw Herschel 1784 sw Herschel 1785 sw Herschel 1800 ph Herschel 1825 sw Hertwig 1875 os Hertz 1888 ph Hewitt 1901 tm Hewitt 1912 tm Hilbert 1899 ma Hilbert 1900 ma Hildebrand 1894 tr Hill 1943 os Hilliard 1925 ee Hindley 1740 tm Hinkling 1793 hp Hipparchus 0130 BC sw Hipparchus 0133 BC ma Hipparchus 0138 BC sw Hipparchus 0140 BC sw Hippocrates 0398 BC md Hirm 1843 tm Hispano 1919 tr Hjelm 1782 pt Hoare 1960 ma Hoe 1845 cm Hoe 1846 cm Hoerni 1958 ee Hoffman 1893 tm Hoffman 1938 md Hoffman 1893 md Hofstein 1961 ee Hollerith 1890 ct Holt 1904 tr Holt 1925 tr Homer 0850 BC cm Homer 0907 hp Hooke 1657 ti Hooke 1657 ph Hooke 1658 ti Hooke 1664 sw Hooke 1665 md Hopkins 1912 md Hopper 1952 ct Horrocks 1639 sw Houdry 1925 ch Hounsfield 1972 ph Housfield 1971 md Howard 1853 ti Howard 1803 sw Hubble 1923 sw Hubble 1929 sw Hubble 1990 sw Hubble Telescope 1994 sw Hughes 1854 cm Hughes 1908 tm Hull 1921 ph Hulls 1736 tr Hunaus 1857 tm Hunt 1848 hp Huntnagel 1950s md Huntsman 1742 ac Hutchinson 1752 tm Hutchinson 1902 md Huygens 1656 ma Huygens 1656 ti Huygens 1656 sw Huygens 1657 ti Huygens 1659 sw Huygens 1663 tm Huygens 1673 tm Huygens 1676 ph Hyatt 1870 ch I Hsing 0725 ti IBM Co. 1956 ct IBM Co. 1957 ct IBM Co. 1965 cm IBM Co. 1983 tm Igepons 1930 ch Illmensee 1980 os Imhotep of Egypt 2725 BC md Inca Indians 1500s ac Ingenhousz 1779 os Intel Co. 1974 ee Intel Co. 1968 ee Intel Co. 1970 ee Intel Co. 1995 ct Ipatieff 1930 ch Iraq 0300 BC ma Isaacs 1957 md Istanbul 1850 hp Ivanovsky 1892 md Ives 1843 hp Jacobi 1830 tr Jacobi 1839 cm Jacobi 1834 ee James 1943 hp Janney 1873 tr Jansky 1931 sw Janssen 1590 tm Janssen 1600 tm Janssen 1868 pt Jarchus 1150 cm Jarvik 1982 md Jenner 1796 md Jenney 1884 we Jergens 1530 tm Jerusalem 0007 BC E we Jessop 1785 tr Jobs 1976 ct Johnson 1755 cm Johnson 1955 ct Joliot 1934 ph Jolson Al 1926 cm Jones 1917 os Jorgensen 1952 md Judson 1891 hp Junghaus 1933 ac Kanada 1987 ma Kano 1882 hp Kao 1960s cm Kapany 1955 cm Kauwenhoven 1932 md Kay 1733 tm Keller 1844 cm Kelvin 1848 ph Kelvin 1849 ph Kelvin 1852 ph Kelvin 1876 ct Kemeny 1964 ct Kenner Toys Co. 1977 hp Kepler 1604 md Kepler 1609 sw Kepler 1619 sw Kerr-McGee Co. 1947 tm Kettering 1911 tr Kettering 1921 ch Kibble 1976 sw Kilburn 1958 ct Kilby 1959 ee Kilby 1967 ct Kimberley-Clark Co. 1924 hp King 1890 tm Kinley 1915 ch Kipping 1899 ch Kircher 1650 cm Kirchhoff 1812 os Klammer 1960 hp Klaproth 1789 pt Klaproth 1803 pt Klatte 1913 ch Klaus 1845 pt Kleinrock 1962 cm Klic 1895 cm Klietsch 1875 cm Knerr 1959 hp Knight 1869 hp Koch 1882 md Koch 1883 md Koenig 1814 cm Kolff 1945 md Koller 1884 md Korn 1902 cm Korolev 1957 sw Kossoff 1970's ph Krais 1929 ch Krechmer 1955 ct Kremer 1569 ti Kress 1872 tr Kroto 1985 ch Kuhl 1970 ph Kuratowski 1930 ma Kurtz 1964 ct la Roche 1971 os la Rue 1858 cm Laennec 1818 md Lagrange 1767 ma Lallement 1865 tr Lambot 1845 ac Lanchester 1901 tr Land 1932 ph Land 1948 hp Lane 1818 tm Lane 1828 tm Langevin 1915 ph Langley 1880 tr Langley 1880 ph Langley 1901 tr Langmuir 1913 tm Languedoc Canal 1681 ac Lanston 1887 cm Lao Zi 0565 BC cm Large 1922 hp Larkin 1912 tr Larrey 1792 md Lartique 1888 tr Laurent 1843 ma Lauterbur 1980 ph Lavoisier 1771 ch Lavoisier 1777 ch Lavoisier 1787 ch Lawes 1843 ch Lawrence 1935 ph Lawson 1879 tr le Blanc 1790 ch le Blond 1719 cm le Bris 1856 we Lea 1823 hp Lee 1589 tm Lee 1745 tm Leeuwenhoek 1635 md Leeuwenhoek 1683 os Leibnitz 1673 ct Leibnitz 1665 ma Leibniz 1679 ma Leibniz 1680 ma Leith 1963 ph Lemaitre 1927 sw Lemoine 1859 tm Lenoir 1860 tm Lenoir 1885 ee Leucippus 0445 BC ch Levassor 1895 tr Levenberg 1943 ma Leverrier 1846 sw Levine 1956 hp Levy 1917 cm Levy 1994 sw Lewis 1916 ch Libby 1947 ti Libby 1948 ti Licklider 1963 ct Lillehie 1957 md Lilly 1953 os Lincei Academy 1628 os Lind 1747 md Lindbergh 1927 tr Lindeman 1882 ma Linnaeus 1735 os Lippersheim 1608 sw Lister 1865 md Lloyd 1848 hp Locke 1690 cm Lodge 1894 ph Loffler 1898 md l'Oriot 1746 hp Los Angeles' Rule 66 1966 ch Louis XIV 1662 ac Louis XV 1743 tr Lovelace Ada 1835 ct Lovell 1957 sw Lowdham 1679 md Lower 1669 md Lully 1315 ch Lumiere 1895 hp LumiŠre 1907 cm Lychrophon 0280 BC cm MacChesney 1974 ch Macintosh 1823 hp MacKay 1915 hp Macmillan 1838 tr Madler 1836 sw Maelzel 1801 hp Maelzel 1820 hp Magee 1935 tr Magnavox Co. 1972 hp Maine 1975 cm Malpighi 1653 os Malpighi 1660 md Malus 1808 ph Manby 1813 hp Mandelbrot 1975 ma Manly 1883 tr Mannes 1935 hp Mantell 1822 os Marconi 1895 cm Marconi 1901 cm Marconi 1905 ee Marconi Co. 1923 md Marggraf 1758 ch Mariano 1438 tm Marie 1766 hp Marie 1863 ti Marignac 1878 pt Marignscand 1886 pt Marius 1612 sw Marrison 1927 ti Marsh 1905 ac Marsh supermarket 1974 hp Maskelyne 1767 cm Maskelyne 1774 ph Masson 1841 ee Matsushita Co. 1975 cm Mauchly 1945 ct Maudslay 1806 tm Maudslay 1797 tm Maudslay 1820 tm Maughan 1868 tm Maurer 1970 cm Mauritius 1680 os Maury 1848 cm Maury 1848 ti Maxwell 1864 ee Mayans 0455 ac Mayans 0900 BC hp Maybach 1889 tr Maybach 1893 tm Maybach 1895 tm Mayer 1963 ma Mayow 1668 ch McAdam 1815 os McAfee 1915 ch McCarthy 1956 cm McCormick 1831 tm McCormick 1851 tm McCoy 1870s ch McMillan 1940 pt McVicker 1956 hp Mege 1869 hp Meikle 1788 tm Meitner 1938 we Melin 1959 hp Mendel 1865 os Mendeleyez 1869 ch Mendelson 1887 ch Menghini 1745 md Menzies 1732 tm Mercer 1843 hp Mergenthaler 1884 cm Merlin 1750 hp Mesmer 1774 os Messier 1771 sw Metropolis 1953 ma Meucci 1849 cm Meusnier 1785 tr Meyer 1680 tm Michaux 1855 tr Michaux 1867 tr Michaux Bros. 1868 tr Michell 1760 os Michelson 1893 ti Microsoft Co. 1983 ct Microsoft Co. 1995 ct Midgley 1930 ch Miles Labs 1931 hp Mill 1711 cm Minnesota teachers' group 1957 hp Mintrop 1914 ph Mirowski 1985 md Mithridates VI 0080 BC md Moissan 1892 ch Monier 1867 ac Monks of St. Albans 1220 os Monroe 1880 tm Mont Cenis 1870 ac Montagu 1759 hp Montgolfier 1796 tm Moon 1988 tm Moore 1935 hp Moore 1964 ct Moreno 1974 ee Morgagni 1760 md Morgan 1910 os Morice 1582 tm Morland 1670 cm Morland 1682 tm Morley 1887 ch Morse 1837 cm Morten 1955 ct Morton 1846 ch Mosander 1839 pt Mosander 1843 pt Mouchot 1878 ac Mouries 1869 hp Mueller 1951 tm Muller 1773 tm Muller 1773 md Muller 1939 ch Muller 1986 ee Muller 1986 ch Muller 1710 cm Munster 1544 sw Munzenberg 1981 pt Munzenberg 1982 pt Munzenberg 1984 pt Murdock 1792 hp Murdock 1800 hp Mushet 1868 ac Muss 0023 BC md Nairn 1847 ch Naismith 1891 hp Naito 1979 md Napier 1614 ma Napier 1617 ma Napier 1620 ct Nasmyth 1838 tm Nasmyth 1844 tr Nebuchadnezzar II 0597 BC ac Nelson 1588 cn Nelson 1965 cm Nemorarius 1225 ph Nerst 1906 ph Nesmith 1955 cm Newcomen 1705 tm Newcomen 1712 tm Newell 1956 ct Newman 1948 ct Newton 1666 sw Newton 1666 ph Newton 1672 tm Newton 1676 ma Newton 1682 ph Newton 1687 sw Newton 1687 ph Newton 1687 ma Newton 1704 ph Newton 1665 ma Nicholas of Cusa 1451 tm Nicholson 1800 ee Nicolle 1919 md Nicot 1556 hp Nielson 1828 ac Niepce 1826 hp Niepce 1839 cm Nieuwland 1906 ch Nightingale 1854 md Nilson 1879 pt Nilson 1883 ch Ning-Po 1850 hp Nipon Zeon Co. 1987 ch Nobel 1866 ch Nobel 1871 ch Noddack 1925 pt Nollet 1748 md Normann 1902 ch Noyce 1968 ee Odell 1952 hp Oersted 1817 ee Oersted 1820 ee Oersted 1825 pt Ohio Art Co. 1960 hp Olsmobile Co. 1901 tr Onnes 1911 ee Otto 1876 tm Oughtred 1621 ma Oughtred 1631 ma Outran 1775 tr Owen 1907 tm Owens 1895 tm Pabst 1940 tr Packard 1939 tr Page 1845 tr Painter 1892 hp Pajeau 1914 hp Palace of Versailles 1664 ac Palamedes 0680 BC hp Palitzsch 1758 sw Palladio 1550 ac Panhard 1895 tr Papin 1679 tm Paracelsus 1500s md Pare 1545 md Pare 1550 md Paris Cpt. 1986 cm Parissot 1820 hp Parker 1796 ac Parker Bros Co. 1936 hp Parker Bros Co. 1969 hp Parkes 1862 ch Parkes 1862 os Parmenides 0515 BC ph Parsons 1884 tm Parsons 1896 tm Pascal 1639 ma Pascal 1648 ti Pascal 1648 ph Pascal 1663 ph Pascal 1654 ma Pasteur 1865 ch Pasteur 1857 os Pasteur 1870 os Pasteur 1879 md Pasteur 1882 md Pasteur 1885 md Pathfinder vehicle 1997 sw Paton 1935 ch Paul 1748 tm Pauli 1925 ch Pausanius 0170 ch Paxton 1851 ac Peacock 1791 tm Pell 1668 ma Pelletier 1817 os Pelletier 1820 ch Pelterie 1904 sw Pemberton 1886 hp Penaud 1867 tr Penguin Books Co. 1936 cm Penzias 1964 sw Percy 1820 md Percy 1939 pt Perignon 1681 hp Perignon 1690 hp Perkin 1856 ch Perkin 1870 ch Perkins 1827 tm Pernod Plant Co. 1983 ac Perraud 1935 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