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Elihu Thomson

Elihu Thomson Born: 1853 Birthplace: Manchester, England Arc lighting—Thomson was an integral contributor to the…

Fritz Haber

Fritz Haber Born: 1868 Birthplace: Breslau, Germany Ammonia production process—The Haber-Bosch process has remained…

Games Slayter

Games Slayter Born: 1896 Birthplace: Argos, Indiana Fiberglass—In the 1930s, Games Slayter, Dale Kleist, and John Thomas developed the method…

George Smith

George Smith Born: 1930 Birthplace: White Plains, New York Charge-coupled device—The charge-coupled device (CCD) was key to advancing digital…

Granville Woods

Granville Woods Born: 1856 Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio Railroad telegraph—A prolific inventor, Woods developed the…

Gregory Pincus

Gregory Pincus Born: 1903 Birthplace: Woodbine, New Jersey Oral contraceptive pill—By creating the first practical…

Herman Affel

Herman Affel Born: 1893 Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Coaxial cable—While at AT&T Bell Telephone Laboratories in…

John Thomas

John Thomas Born: 1907 Birthplace: East St. Louis, Illinois Fiberglass—In the 1930s, John Thomas, Games Slayter, and Dale Kleist developed the…

Julio Palmaz

Julio Palmaz Born: 1945 Birthplace: Argentina, Palmaz Intravascular Stent—The Palmaz® Stent was the first…

Karl Bosch

Karl Bosch Born: 1884 Birthplace: Cologne, Germany Ammonia production process—The Haber-Bosch process has remained…