inventor
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The inventor of the switch hit, and the most ardent supporter of the IPL before it became mainstream.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
This was original inventor of the device Jim Girard’s aim.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
During the American Revolution, George Washington authorized an inventor to send explosive kegs against British shipping on the Delaware River, though the attack failed to hit its targets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Paddy describes himself as an "artist, inventor, explorer and plumber based in Belfast".
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Named for its inventor and funder Horace Lawson Hunley, it was built in Mobile, Alabama, and launched in July 1863.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
Svensson and Coassolo are inventors on patents regarding BRP peptides for metabolic disorders.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
Airship captains and Victorian inventors gather Down Under.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
The device has enriched its inventors, brothers Dane and Scott Barnes and their friend Alex Slater.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
Siminoff said it doesn’t hurt that Mahan speaks the same language as many tech leaders, who are mostly just “pragmatic inventors and entrepreneurs” who want California’s leader to be “principled in thinking about fixing things.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
Often, discoveries are named after their inventors; from 1597 it became standard to distinguish three systems of the cosmos, those of Ptolemy, Copernicus and Brahe.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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