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Marvin Camras

His famous inventions are used in modern recording heads, magnetic sound for motion pictures, tape machines and video tape recording decks.

Chester F Carlson

Received a patent for electrophotography, the history of the Xerox or photocopy machine.

Wallace Hume Carothers

A brilliant and tragic mind, Carothers was the brains behind Dupont and the history of synthetic fibers.

Willis Carrier

Brought us the comfort zone with "Air Conditioning."

George Carruthers

Behind the invention of the far-ultraviolet camera and spectrograph.

Benjamin Carson

A pioneer in surgery technology.

Alexander J Cartwright

The game of baseball was invented by Cartwright.

Edmund Cartwright

A cleric and the inventor of the power loom.

George Washington Carver

Agricultural chemist who invented three hundred uses for peanuts and hundreds more uses for soybeans, pecans and sweet potatoes; and changed the history of agriculture in the south. See Also - Pictures and Quotes

Vinton Cerf

Invented Internet protocols.

Emmett W Chappelle

A noted biochemist, photobiologist, and astrochemist.

William Hale Charch

Moisture proof cellophane.

John B Christian

Invented and patented new lubricants, used in high flying aircraft and NASA space missions.

Josephine Garis Cochran

In 1886, Cochran invented the dishwasher in Shelbyville, Illinois.

Adam Cohen

Invented the "electrochemical paintbrush", nanotechnology used in etching microchips.

Stanley Cohen

The founding father of genetic engineering.

Harry A. Cole

Invented Pine-Sol in 1929.

Samuel Colt

Inventor of the colt revolver.

Frank B Colton

Invented Enovid - the history of the first oral contraceptive.

Lloyd H Conover

Invented the antibiotic tetracycline, the most prescribed broad-spectrum antibiotic in the history of the United States.

William D Coolidge

Invented the X-Ray tube - the history of the "Coolidge Tube".

Martin Cooper

Inventor of the modern cell phone.

Peter Cooper

The history of the inventor of the Tom Thumb locomotive and Jello.

Nicholas Copernicus

Astronomer that proved that the sun was the center of the solar system and that the earth was shaped like round balls.

Martha J Coston

Recieved a patent for the pyrotechnic signaling system known as maritime signal flares.

Donald Cotton

Invented propellants for nuclear reactors.

Frederick G Cottrell

Invented a electrostatic precipitator called the 'Cottrell' that removed particles/pollution smoke or gases in smokestacks.

Ed Cox

Ed Cox invented a pre-soaped pad with which to clean pots.

Joseph Coyetty

Designed and sold toilet paper.

Seymour Cray

Invented the Cray Supercomputer - the history of supercomputers.

David Crosthwait

Crosthwait holds thirty-nine patents for heating systems and temperature regulating devices. He is known for creating the heating system in New York City's famous Radio City Music Hall.

Dianne Croteau

Invented Actar 911, the CPR mannequin.

Marie Curie

Also known as Madame Curie - discovered radium and furthered x-ray technology.

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