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Coolidge 1873 1975 X-ray tube [14] 1975 Guglielmo Marconi *1874 1937 Radio [15] 1976 Charles Martin Hall 1863 1914 Aluminum production process [16] 1976 Charles Goodyear 1800 1860 Vulcanization of rubber [17] 1976 Cyrus McCormick 1809 1884 Mechanical reaper [15] 1976 Enrico Fermi 1901 1954 Nuclear fission [18] 1976 Rudolf Diesel 1858 1913 Internal-combustion engine [19] 1976 Charles Hard Townes *1915 2015 Laser [20] 1977 Charles Steinmetz 1865 1923 Alternating current [21] 1977 Edwin H. Land 1909 1991 Polaroid [22] 1977 George Eastman 1854 1932 Photography [23] 1977 Lee De Forest *1873 1961 Audion amplifier tube [24] 1977 Vladimir K. Zworykin *1888 1982 Cathode-ray tube [25] 1978 Carl Djerassi 1923 2015 Oral contraceptives [26] 1978 Leo Baekeland 1863 1944 Bakelite [27] 1978 Louis Pasteur 1822 1895 Pasteurization [28] 1978 Luis Walter Alvarez 1911 1988 Radar , liquid hydrogen bubble chamber [29] 1979 Charles J. Plank 1915 1989 Catalytic cracking [30] 1979 Edward J. 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