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Henri Thuile (died 1900), inventor of the large high-speed Thuile steam locomotive, died during a test run between Chartres and Orléans. Conflicting accounts indicate that he was either thrown from the derailing locomotive, hitting a telegraph pole, [ 44 ] or that he simply leaned too much and was instantly killed by hitting his head against a ...
American inventor and aeronautics pioneer [13] Henry Beachell: 1906–2006: 100: American developer of "miracle rice" [14] Wilfried de Beauclair: 1912–2020: 108: Swiss-born German engineer and computer scientist [15] Arnold Orville Beckman: 1900–2004: 104: American chemist and businessman who founded Beckman Instruments [16] Bei Shizhang ...
Thomas Mensah was born in Kumasi, Ghana, in 1950. [1] His father, J. K. Mensah, was a merchant who shipped cocoa products to chocolate manufacturers in France. [5] Mensah was fluent in French, and won the National French competition held in Accra, Ghana, both at the Ordinary Level (1968) and Advanced Level (1970).
William “Bill” Post, the man credited with inventing the iconic toaster pastry Pop-Tarts, has died at 96.. Post worked as the plant manager for the Michigan-based Hekman Biscuit Co., later ...
George Edward Alcorn Jr. (March 22, 1940 – June 19, 2024) was an American physicist, engineer, inventor, and professor.He taught at Howard University and the University of the District of Columbia, and worked primarily for IBM and NASA.
Image credits: Bettmann / gettyimages #3 Connie Converse. Elizabeth Eaton Converse, most commonly known by her stage name Connie, is often hailed as one of the first modern singer-songwriters, and ...
Kálmán Tihanyi (1897–1947), Hungary – co-inventor of cathode-ray tube and iconoscope, infrared video camera, plasma display Mikhail Tikhonravov (1900–1974), Russia – co-developer of Sputnik 1 (the first artificial satellite) together with Korolyov and Keldysh , designer of further Sputniks
William A. Mitchell (1911–2004), key inventor behind Pop Rocks, Tang, and Cool Whip; Eilhardt Mitscherlich (1794–1863), German chemist, remembered for the law of isomorphism. Alexander Mitscherlich (1836–1918), German chemist; Karl Friedrich Mohr (1806–1879), German chemist famous for first musings on the Conservation of energy