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George Eastman, (1854–1932)
J. Presper Eckert, (1919–1995) U.S. – ENIAC - the first general purpose programmable
digital computer
Thomas Edison, (1847–1931) U.S. – phonograph, commercially practical light bulb, stock
ticker, ticker-tape machine etc.
Willem Einthoven, (1860–1927)
Ivan Elmanov Russia – first monorail (horse-drawn)
Rune Elmqvist, (1906–1996)
John Haven Emerson, (1906–1997)
Douglas Engelbart, (1925–) U.S. – the computer mouse
John Ericsson, (1803–1889) Sweden – the two screw-propeller
Lars Magnus Ericsson, (1846–1926) Sweden – the handheld micro telephone[citation
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Ole Evinrude, (1877–1934)
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Peter Carl Fabergé, (1846–1920)
Samuel Face, (1923–2001) U.S. – concrete flatness/levelness technology; Lightning Switch
Federico Faggin, (1941–)
Michael Faraday, (1791–1867) England – electric transformer, electric motor
Johann Maria Farina, (1685–1766)
Philo Farnsworth, (1906–1971)
Muhammad al-Fazari, (d. 796/806)
James Fergason, (1934–) U.S. – improved liquid crystal display
Enrico Fermi, (1901–1954)
Humberto Fernández Morán, (1924–1999)
microtome
Reginald Fessenden, (1866–1932)
Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick, (1829–1901)
Abbas Ibn Firnas (Armen Firman), (810-887)
and silica glass, metronome
Artur Fischer, (1919–) Germany – fasteners including fischertechnik.
Gerhard Fischer Germany/U.S. – hand-held metal detector
Nicolas Florine, (1891–1972) Georgia/Russia/Belgium – first tandem rotor helicopter to
fly freely
Robert Fulton, (1765–1815) United States – first commercially successful steamboat, first
practical submarine
Alexander Fleming, (1881–1955)
John Ambrose Fleming, (1848–1945)
Sandford Fleming, (1827–1915) Canada – Universal Standard Time
