Jun 27, 2023, 03:44 PM IST
William Bullock invented the web rotary printing press. Several years after its invention, his foot was crushed during the installation of the new machine in Philadelphia. The crushed foot developed gangrene and Bullock died during the amputation.
William Bullock
Marie Curie invented the process to isolate radium after co-discovering the radioactive elements radium and polonium. She died of aplastic anaemia as a result of prolonged exposure to ionising radiation emanating from her research materials.
Marie Curie
William Nelson, a General Electric employee, invented a new way to motorise bicycles. He then fell off his prototype bike during a test run and died.
William Nelson
Horace was a marine engineer and also the inventor of the first war submarine. During a routine test, along with a 7-member crew, he sunk to death in a previously damaged HL Hunley submarine.
Horace Lawson Hunley
The Irish shipbuilder was the chief naval architect of the HMS Titanic and was onboard the ship as it sank in 1912.
Thomas Andrews
The Russian physician and philosopher was one of the first people to experiment with blood transfusion. He died when he used the blood of malaria and TB victims on himself.
Alexander Bogdanov
Mike Hughes was killed when the parachute failed to deploy during a crash landing while piloting his homemade steam-powered rocket.
Mike Hughes