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William Lear
William LearBorn: 1902Birthplace: Hannibal, Mo. Radio apparatus—automobile—Lear's design of a practical car radio launched the Motorola Company. He then turned to navigational aids for…Rene Alphonse Higonnet
Rene Alphonse Higonnet Born: 1902Birthplace: Valence, France Photo composing machine—Moyroud and Higonnet developed the first practical phototypesetting machine, the Lumitype—later known as…John T. Parsons
John T. ParsonsBorn: 1913Birthplace: Detroit, Mich. Numerical control of machine tools—Parsons built a milling machine which was fed data to automatically activate servo-mechanisms to perform…Charles J. Plank
Charles J. Plank Born: 1915 Birthplace: Calcutta, India Catalytic cracking of hydrocarbons with a crystalline zeolite…Edward J. Rosinski
Edward J. Rosinski Born: 1921Birthplace: Gloucester County, N.J. Catalytic cracking of hydrocarbons with a crystalline zeolite catalyst composite—Plank and Rosinski developed the first…Robert H. Rines
Robert H. RinesBorn: 1922Birthplace: Boston, Mass. High resolution-image-scanning radar and sonar—Rines' radar and sonar inventions have been used by the military in the Persian Gulf War. In…Robert R.Williams, Jr.
Robert R.Williams, Jr. Born: 1886 Birthplace: Nellore, India Synthesis of vitamin B1—Williams isolated thiamine in…Edward Goodrich Acheson
Edward Goodrich Acheson Born: 1856 Birthplace: Washington, Penn. Carborundum—Carborundum is the hardest surface made by…George H. Babcock
George H. BabcockBorn: 1832 Water tube steam boiler—Thomas Edison once proclaimed it to be “…the best boiler God has permitted man yet to make.” Even today, nearly half of the electricity…Stephen Wilcox
Stephen Wilcox Born: 1830 Water tube steam boiler—Babcock and WilcoxThomas Edison once proclaimed it to be “…the best boiler God has permitted man yet to make.” Even today, nearly half of the…Trending
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