Nobel Prize in Physics 1912
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Nils Gustaf Dalén
Prize share: 1/1
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1912 was awarded to Nils Gustaf Dalén "for his invention of automatic regulators for use in conjunction with gas accumulators for illuminating lighthouses and buoys"
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