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noun • Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements in the steam engine led to its wide use in industry (1736-1819) • a unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm | ||||
| 29% | 3 | Eponymous instrument inventor Adolphe | ||
noun • a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore • a Belgian maker of musical instruments who invented the saxophone (1814-1894) | ||||
| 29% | 5 | Inventor of the modern pencil and also an eponymous crayon for drawing and sketching; or, a French récit | ||
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Eponymous Scottish Inventor
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