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…in
Great Ideas |
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In 1901, German physicist
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was awarded the Nobel Prize
in physics for discovering X-rays. |
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Dutch inventor Christian
Huygens is credited with creating the first pendulum --
or modern clock. |
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An English engineer
named Thomas Savery invented the steam engine in 1698.
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In 1836, English engineer
William Cook built the first commercial electromagnetic
telegraph. |
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The first computer
was really just an adding machine, invented by Charles
Babbage in 1822. |
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