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The article reports on a poll conducted to celebrate the centenary of the Science Museum in London, England in which x-ray machines were chosen by voters as the most important scientific invention. Almost 50,000 people who participated in the poll voted in the ballot to choose from 10 innovations that the museum curators have selected. The x-ray machine built by general physician John Reynolds and his son emerged as a winner, earning 9581 votes from the poll. However, the discovery of penicillin has earned the second place.