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21 Cards in this Set
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British engineer who developed a process to purify iron and produce steel
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Henry Bessemer in 1856
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Invented dynamite but was so upset over its destructive properties that he used the profits to set up a prize
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Alfred Nobel in 1866
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Developed first battery; Italian scientist
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Alessandro Volta
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Created first simple electric motor and the first dynamo
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Michael Faraday
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First electric light bulb
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Thomas Edison
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Invented gasoline powered internal combustion engine
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Nikolaus Otto
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Recieved patent for first automobile
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Karl Benz
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Introduced first four wheel automobile
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Gottilieb Daimler
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Invented the radio
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Guglielmo Marconi
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Identified bacteria that caused tuberculosis
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Robert Koch
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Discovered how antiseptics prevented infection
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Joseph Lister
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ex chief planner for Napoleon III, built wide boulevards and splendid public buildings
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Georges Haussmann
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Fought for women's rights
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
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Developed atomic theory, which was all matter was made of tiny particles called atoms; different kinds of atoms combine to make all chemical substances.
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John Dalton
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Drew up a table that grouped atoms together according to their weights (Periodic Table of Elements)
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Dmitri Mendeleyev
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Showed that Earth formed over millions of years; wrote Principles of Geology
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Charles Lyell
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Set up Salvation Army
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William and Catherine Booth
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German composer favored by Romantics of middle class; combined classical forms with a range of different sounds and instruments
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Ludwig van Beethoven
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English; wrote novels i.e. Oliver Twist and A Christmas Carol, which referred to life during the Industrial Revolution. Considered a realist who used humor to lighten the mood.
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Charles Dickens
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An impressionist
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Claude Monet
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Number one postimpressionist
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Vincent van Gogh
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