Inventions and their Inventors
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Invention | Inventor | Country | Year |
Adding Machine | Blaise Pascal | France | 1642 |
Aeroplane | Wright brothers | USA | 1903 |
Animation | Emile Reynaud | France | 1892 |
Antiseptic | Dr. Joseph Lister | England | 1867 |
Aspirin | Dr. Felix Hoffman | Germany | 1899 |
Atom Bomb | Julius Robert Oppenheimer | USA | 1945 |
Automatic Calculator | Wilhelm Schickard | Germany | 1623 |
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Balloon | Jacques and Joseph Montgolfier | France | 1783 |
Ball –Point pen | Laszlo Biro | Hungary | 1938 |
Barometer | Evangelista Torricelli | Italy | 1643 |
Bicycle | K. Macmillan | Scotland | 1839 |
Bicycle Tyre | J.B. Dunlop | Scotland | 1888 |
Bifocal Lens | Benjamin Franklin | USA | 1784 |
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Cadmium | Friedrich Stromeyer | Germany | 1817 |
Calculating Machine | Pascal | France | 1642 |
Cash Register | James Ritty | USA | 1879 |
Cement | Joseph Aspdin | England | 1824 |
Centrigrade Scale | A.Celsius | France | 1742 |
Cinematograph | Thomas Alva Edison | USA | 1891 |
Clarinet | Johann Christoph Denner | Germany | 1690 |
Computer | Charles Babbage | Britain | 1834 |
Contact Lens | Otto Wichterle | Czech | 1961 |
Cine Camera | Friese-Greene | Britain | 1889 |
Cinema | A.L. and J.L. Lumiere | France | 1894 |
Clock (Machanical) | Hsing and Ling –Tsan | China | 1725 |
Clock (Pendulum) | C. Hugyens | Netherlands | 1657 |
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Dental Plate | Anthony A. Plantson | USA/td> | 1817 |
Diesel Engine | Rudolf Diesel | Germany | 1895 |
Dynamite | Alfred Nobel | Sweden | 1867 |
Dynamo | Michael Faraday | England | 1831 |
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Electric Battery | Volta | Italian | 1800 |
Electric Generator | Michael Faraday | UK | 1831 |
Electric Iron | H.W. Seeley | USA | 1882 |
Electric lamp | Thomas Alva Edison | USA | 1879 |
Electric Stove/Cooker | William S. Hadaway | USA | 1896 |
Electromagnet | W. sturgeon | England | 1824 |
Electronic Calculator | IBM | USA | 1954 |
Evolution (theory) | Charles Darwin | England | 1858 |
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Film (with sound) | Dr. Lee de forest | USA | 1923 |
Fountain Pen | LE. Waterman | USA | 1884 |
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Gas Lighting | William Murdoch | Scotland | 1794 |
Gramophone | T.A . Edison | USA | 1878 |
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Hot Air Balloon | Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier | France | 1783 |
Helicopter | Igor Sikorsky | Russia | 1939 |
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Jet Engine | Sir Frank whittle | England | 1937 |
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Lift | E.G. Otis | USA | 1852 |
Light Bulb | Heinrich Goebel | Germany | 1854 |
Locomotive | Richard Trevithick | England | 1804 |
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Machine Gun | Richard Gatling | USA | 1861 |
Match (Safety) | J.E. Lurdstrom | Sweden | 1855 |
Microphone | David Hughes | USA | 1878 |
Microscope | Z. Jansen | Netherlands | 1590 |
Microwave Oven | Percy Spencer | USA | 1947 |
Motor Car (Petrol) | Karl –Benz | Germany | 1885 |
Motorcycle | Edward Butler | England | 1884 |
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Neon -Lump | G. Claude | France | 1915 |
Nylon | Dr W.H. Carothers | USA | 1937 |
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Pacermaker | Dr. Paul Zoll | USA | 1952 |
Parachute | Jean Pierre Blanchard | France | 1785 |
Pendulum Clock | Christian Huygens | Netherlands | 1657 |
Photography (Paper) | W.H. Fox Tablot | England | 1835 |
Piano | Bartolomeo Cristofori | Italy | 1700 |
Printing Press | J. Gutenberg | Germany | 1455 |
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Rader | Dr A.H. Taylor and L.C. young | USA | 1922 |
Radium | Marie and Pierre Curie | France | 1898 |
Radio | G. Marconi | England | 1901 |
Rayon | American viscose Co. | USA | 1910 |
Razor (Safety) | K.G. Gillette | USA | 1895 |
Razor (electric) | Col. J. Schick | USA | 1931 |
Refrigerator | J . Harrison and A. Catlin | Britain | 1834 |
Revolver | Samuel Colt | USA | 1835 |
Rubber (Vulcanized) | Charles Good year | USA | 1841 |
Rubber (Waterproof) | Charles Macintosh | Scotland | 1819 |
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Safety Lamp | Sir Humphrey | England | 1816 |
Safety pin | William Hurst | USA | 1849 |
Saxophone | Adolphe Sax | Belgium | 1846 |
Sewing Machine | B. Thimmonnier | France | 1830 |
Scooter | G. Bradshaw | England | 1919 |
Ship ( Steam) | J.C. Perier | France | 1775 |
Ship ( turbine) | Sir Charles parsons | Britain | 1894 |
Shorthand (Modem) | Sir Issac Pitman | Britain | 1837 |
Small Pox Vaccine | Edward Jenner | England | 1796 |
Spinning jenny | James Hargreaves | England | 1764 |
Steam engine (Piston) | Thomas Newcome | Britain | 1712 |
Steam engine ( Condenser) | James Watt | Scotland | 1765 |
Steel production | Henry Bessemer | England | 1855 |
Stainless steel | Harry Brearley | England | 1913 |
Steam-Powered Airship | Henry Giffard | France | 1852 |
Steam Boat | John Fitch | USA | 1786 |
Submarine | David Bushnell | USA | 1776 |
Synthesizer | Dr. Robert Arthur Moog | USA | 1964 |
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Tank | Sir Ernest Swington | England | 1914 |
Telegraph | Samuel F.B. Morse | USA | 1837 |
Telephone | Alexander Graham Bell | scotland | 1876 |
Telescope | Hans Lippershey | Netherlands | 1608 |
Television | John logie bared | Scotland | 1926 |
Terylene | J. Whinfield and H. Dickson | England | 1941 |
Thermoscope | Galileo Galilei | Italy | 1593 |
Time Clock | Willard Le Grand Bundy | USA | 1888 |
Tractor | J. Froelich | USA | 1892 |
Transistor | Bardeen, Shockley | USA & UK | 1949 |
Typewriter | Christopher Latham Sholes | USA | 1868 |
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Vaccination | Dr. Edward Jenner | England | 1796 |
Vacuum Cleaner | Ives McGaffey | USA | 1869 |
Valve of radio | Sir J.A. ‘fleming | Britain | 1904 |
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Watch | A.L. Breguet | France | 1791 |
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X-ray | Wilhelm Roentgen | Germany | 1895 |
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Zip fastener | W.L. Judson | USA | 1891 |
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