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  2. James West (inventor) - Wikipedia

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    First patent on foil electret microphone by G. M. Sessler and J. E. West (pages 1 to 3) West was born on February 10, 1931, in Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia as the elder of two children to Samuel Edward and Matilda West. He was born in his maternal grandfather's house because the local hospital would not admit Black people.

  3. David Edward Hughes - Wikipedia

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    David Edward Hughes (16 May 1830 – 22 January 1900), was a British-American inventor, practical experimenter, and professor of music known for his work on the printing telegraph and the microphone. [3]

  4. List of microbiologists - Wikipedia

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    Major contributions to the science of microbiology (as a discipline in its modern sense) have spanned the time from the mid-17th century month by month to the present day. The following is a list of notable microbiologists who have made significant contributions to the study of microorganisms .

  5. This man invented the digital camera in 1975 — and ... - AOL

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    "When we built that camera, the argument was over," Sasson told The New York Times. "It was just a matter of time, and yet Kodak didn't really embrace any of it. That camera never saw the light of ...

  6. Raymond A. Litke - Wikipedia

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    Raymond A. Litke (1920-1986) was an American electronic engineer, the inventor of a practical wireless microphone, and the first to patent the wireless microphone.He was born and raised on a farm near Alma, Kansas, but spent most of his adult life in San Jose, California.

  7. Marie Van Brittan Brown and Albert L. Brown - Wikipedia

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    On August 1, 1966, the Browns submitted a patent application for their invention. Their attorneys were Polacheck and Saulsbury, a New York firm. [1]The invention consisted, at the door, of an electrically controlled lock, several lensed peepholes with covers, a vertically sliding video scanner (camera) and controlling motors, loudspeaker and microphone as well as associated electronics ...

  8. Francis Blake (inventor) - Wikipedia

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    Francis Blake was born in Needham, Massachusetts on December 25, 1850, the son of Caroline Burling (Trumbull) and Francis Blake, Sr. [1]. In 1879, he invented a carbon microphone for use in the telephone, and patented [2] [3] [4] it shortly after Thomas Edison invented a similar microphone that also used carbon contacts.

  9. History of photography - Wikipedia

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    View from the Window at Le Gras 1826 or 1827, believed to be the earliest surviving camera photograph. [1] Original (left) and colorized reoriented enhancement (right).. The history of photography began with the discovery of two critical principles: The first is camera obscura image projection; the second is the discovery that some substances are visibly altered by exposure to light. [2]