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Federico
Faggin
Received a patent for the first
computer microprocessor.
Daniel
Gabriel Fahrenheit
The German physicist who invented
the alcohol thermometer in 1709 and the mercury thermometer in 1714. In
1724, he introduced the temperature scale that bears his name.
Michael
Faraday
Faraday's biggest breakthrough in
electricity was his invention of the electric motor.
Philo
T Farnsworth
The full story of the farm boy who
conceived the basic operating principles of electronic television at the
age of thirteen.
James
Fergason
Invented liquid crystal display
or LCD.
Enrico
Fermi
Fermi and the history of the neutronic
reactor.
George
W Ferris
The first ferris wheel was invented
by bridge-builder, George Ferris.
Reginald
Fessenden
In 1900, Fessenden transmitted the
world's first voice message.
John
Fitch
Made the first successful trial
of a steamboat. The history of steamboats.
Edith
Flanigen
Received a patent for a petroleum
refining method and was one of the most inventive chemists of all times.
Alexander
Fleming
Penicillin was discovered by Alexander
Fleming. The history of penicillin. Sir
Sandford Fleming
Invented standard time.
Thomas
J Fogarty
Invented the embolectomy balloon
catheter, a medical device.
Henry
Ford
Improved the "assembly line" for
automobile manufacturing, received a patent for a transmission mechanism,
and popularized the gas-powered car with the Model-T.
Jay
W Forrester
A pioneer in digital computer development
and invented random access, coincident-current, magnetic storage.
Sally
Fox
Invented naturally colored cotton.
Benjamin
Franklin
Invented the lightning rod, the
iron furnace stove or 'Franklin Stove', bifocal glasses, and the odometer.
Helen
Murray Free
Invented the home diabetes test.
Art
Fry
3M chemist who invented Post-It
Notes as a temporary bookmarker.
Buckminster
Fuller
Invented the geodesic dome in 1954.
Robert
Fulton
American engineer, who brought steamboating
to commercial success.
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