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John Presper Eckert (1919-1995)
John Presper Eckert co-invented the first general-purpose electronic digital computer called the ENIAC and later co-invented the first commercial digital electronic computer called the UNIVAC.
Joseph Priestley
The first drinkable manmade glass of carbonated water was invented by an English clergyman and chemist Joseph Priestley.
Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur invented pasteurization and discovered the germ theory of disease.
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