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Denk, Robert The inventor of the tubeless radio used an unknown solid-state effect, which was never rediscovered. http://www.benduhn.homepage.t-online.de/denk/summary.html

Ephraimshay.com Features transcriptions of diary entries that pertain to the making of his invention, the Shay locamotive engine. Page includes related resource links. http://www.ephraimshay.com/

Gorrie's Fridge An early pioneer in the invention of the artificial manufacture of ice. http://www.phys.ufl.edu/~ihas/gorrie/fridge.htm

Life of John Fitch The inventor of the steam boat. Full text of thus 1857 publication by Thompson Westcott. http://www.history.rochester.edu/steam/westcott/

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. http://www.telegraph-history.org/horace-g-martin/

Nobel, Alfred - Man Behind the Prizes Information from the official Nobel Prize site. http://nobelprize.org/alfred_nobel/

structurae: Gustave Eiffel Images, biography, works, references and links. http://www.structurae.de/en/people/data/des0009.html