THE 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL INVENTORS OF ALL TIME
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The 100 most influential inventors of all time / edited by Robert Curley.--1st ed. p. cm.--(The Britannica guide to the world's most influential people)
"In association with Britannica Educational Publishing, Rosen Educational Services." Includes index. ISBN 978-1-61530-042-6 (eBook) 1. Inventors--Biography--Popular works. 2. Inventions--History--Popular works. I. Curley, Robert, 1955? II. Title: One hundred most influential inventors of all time. T39.A14 2010 609.2'2--dc22
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Cover photo: David Joel/Photographer's Choice RF/Getty Images
CONTENTS
Introduction
8
Cro-Magnon
17
Imhotep
19
Archimedes
21
Cai Lun
22
Heron of Alexandria
23
Johannes Gutenberg
26
Christiaan Huygens
31
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
35
Benjamin Franklin
38
James Watt
48
Joseph and ?tienne Montgolfier 52
Alessandro Volta
54
Joseph-Marie Jacquard
56
John Loudon McAdam
57
Nic?phore Ni?pce
59
Robert Fulton
61
Eli Whitney
66
Alois Senefelder
69
Sir William Congreve
70
Ren? La?nnec
71
George Stephenson
75
Louis Daguerre
77
Samuel F.B. Morse
79
Charles Babbage
83
Sir Rowland Hill
88
Charles Goodyear
89
John Deere
91
Claude-?tienne Mini?
92
Louis Braille
94
Cyrus McCormick
96
Elisha Graves Otis
99
Sir Henry Bessemer
100
Samuel Colt
103
Richard J. Gatling
105
25 50
66
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