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 1. Nobel, Alfred - Man Behind the Prizes - Information from the official Nobel Prize site.
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 2. Pioneers of The Machine Tool Industry - Features backgrounds of early entrepreneurs from early Egyptians, Leonardo da Vinci to modern United Kingdom personalities, such as Alfred Herbert and Axel Wickman.
3. Denk, Robert - The inventor of the tubeless radio used an unknown solid-state effect, which was never rediscovered.
4. Ephraimshay.com - Features transcriptions of diary entries that pertain to the making of his invention, the Shay locamotive engine. Page includes related resource links.
5. Gorrie's Fridge - An early pioneer in the invention of the artificial manufacture of ice.
6. Grigori T. Rudenko - Russian inventor of the mechanical artificial hand prosthesis. Page gives background of this war veteran and patent document photos.
7. Life of John Fitch - The inventor of the steam boat. Full text of thus 1857 publication by Thompson Westcott.
8. Martin, Horace G. - Created a semi-automatic key to help prevent the development of telegrapher paralysis, created by the daily abuse of manipulating a manual machine key. Page includes history of the man and the spread of this invention across the United States.
9. structurae: Gustave Eiffel - Images, biography, works, references and links.

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