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Kaplan Turbine, invented by Victor Kaplan (1876-1934).
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Kaplan Turbine, invented by Victor Kaplan (1876-1934).

Laboratory of Carl Auer von Welsbach, chemist          
(1858-1929), inventor of the Auer Gas Lamp which       
is still in use today. The lamp contains the           
Auer Stocking, made of rare earths.
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Laboratory of Carl Auer von Welsbach, chemist (1858-1929), inventor of...

Scale model of the ship "Civetta", the first ship      
driven by a screw-propeller. Technical drawings        
by Josef Ressel (1793-1857) inventor of the ship       
propeller.
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Scale model of the ship "Civetta", the first ship driven by a screw-propel...

Double-decker airplane, model built by Wilhelm Kress   
(1836-1913).
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Double-decker airplane, model built by Wilhelm Kress (1836-1913).

Amplifier tube for telephone and radio                 
invented by Robert von Lieben (1878-1899).
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Amplifier tube for telephone and radio invented by Robert von L...

Joseph Petzval (1807-1891)                             
calculated the first photographic portrait lens        
in 1840. The "Petzval-lens" opened at f 1:3,4          
and was built by Friedrich Voigtlaender.
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Joseph Petzval (1807-1891) calculated the first pho...

Blaise Pascal (1623-1662).                             
Oil on canvas
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Blaise Pascal (1623-1662). Oil on canvas

"La Pascaline", calculating machine constructed        
by Blaise Pascal, and technical drawings.
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"La Pascaline", calculating machine constructed by Blaise Pascal, and te...

Pierre Corneille's library in Rouen, France.
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Pierre Corneille's library in Rouen, France.

"La Pascaline", calculating machine constructed        
by Blaise Pascal, and technical drawings.
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"La Pascaline", calculating machine constructed by Blaise Pascal, and te...

The Puy de Dome experiment by which Pascal
proved that air pressure depends on height:
"De la pesanteur de la masse d'air" - on the weight
of air",653.
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The Puy de Dome experiment by which Pascal proved that air pressure depends on...

Convent of Port Royal de Paris, courtyard.             
Blaise Pascal's sister entered the convent in 1662.    
He often visited her and was attracted by the          
life of austerity of the Jansenists.
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Convent of Port Royal de Paris, courtyard. Blaise Pascal's sister e...