Celebrities - Inventors

	Peter Petroff	digital wrist watch, heart monitor, weather instruments	1919-2004
	Petrache Poenaru	Fountain pen	1799-1875
	Philo Farnsworth	electronic television	1906-1971
	Pieter van Musschenbroek	Leyden jar, pyrometer	1692-1761
	Ralph H. Baer	video game console	born 1922
	Reginald Fessenden	two-way radio	1866-1932
	René Laënnec	stethoscope	1781-1826
	Richard Drew	Masking tape	1899-1980
	Richard Hall Gower	ship's hull and rigging	1768-1833
	Robert Goddard	liquid fuel rocket	1882-1945
	Robert Hooke	balance wheel, iris diaphragm	1635-1703
	Robert Moog	the Moog synthesizer	1934-2005
	Robert Stirling	Stirling engine	1790-1878
	Robert Watson-Watt	microwave radar	1892-1973
	Roger Bacon	magnifying glass	1214-1294
	Rostislav Alexeyev	Ekranoplan.	1916-1980
	Rowland Hill	postage stamp	1795-1879
	Rudolf Diesel	Diesel engine	1858-1913
	Rudolf Hell	the Hellschreiber	1901-2002
	Rune Elmqvist	implantable pacemaker	1857-1924
	Salvino D'Armate	credited for inventing eyeglasses in 1284	1258-1312
	Samuel Face	concrete flatness/levelness technology; Lightning Switch	1923-2001
	Samuel Guthrie	discovered chloroform	1782-1848
	Samuel Hunter Christie	Wheatstone bridge	1784-1865
	Samuel Morey	internal combustion engine	1762-1843
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