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Born September 11, 1816 • Weimar • Germany
Died December 3, 1888 (aged 72) • Jena • Germany
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German optician
Georg von Reichenbach
German instrument maker
Peter Dollond
British optician
Sir William Siemens, engraving after a portrait by Rudolf Lehmann
Sir William Siemens
British inventor
John A. Roebling
John Augustus Roebling
American engineer
David Roentgen
European cabinetmaker
Alfred Krupp, portrait by Julius Grün, c. 1880
Alfred Krupp
German industrialist
Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Gustav
Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
German diplomat and industrialist
Werner von Siemens, drawing by Ismael Gentz, 1887
Werner von Siemens
German electrical engineer
Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Alfried
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
German industrialist
Thonet, Michael: bentwood chair
Michael Thonet
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Stinnes, Hugo
Hugo Stinnes
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Adam Weisweiler
French cabinetmaker
Konrad Wachsmann
American architect
Ferdinand, Graf von Zeppelin
Ferdinand, Graf von Zeppelin
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Dornier, Claudius
Claudius Dornier
German engineer
John Henry Belter
American cabinetmaker
Messerschmitt, 1941
Willy Messerschmitt
German engineer
Eckener, 1931
Hugo Eckener
German aeronautical engineer
Junkers, Hugo
Hugo Junkers
German aircraft designer