Fact Book
12984. Invention
Invention : aerosol can
Year : 1926
Inventor : erik rotheim
Country : norway.
12985. Invention
Invention : air conditioning
Year : 1902
Inventor : willis haviland carrier
Country : us.
12986. Invention
Invention : airbag, automotive
Year : 1952
Inventor : john hetrick
Country : us.
12987. Invention
Invention : airplane, engine-powered
Year : 1903
Inventor : wilbur & orville wright
Country : us.
12988. Invention
Invention : airship
Year : 1852
Inventor : henri giffard
Country : france.
12989. Invention
Invention : alphabet
Year : c. 1700-1500 bc
Inventor : semitic-speaking peoples
Country : eastern coast of mediterranean sea.
12990. Invention
Invention : american sign language
Year : 1817
Inventor : thomas h. gallaudet
Country : us.
12991. Invention
Invention : animation, motion-picture
Year : 1906
Inventor : j. stuart blackton
Country : us.
12992. Invention
Invention : answering machine, telephone
Year : 1898
Inventor : valdemar poulsen
Country : denmark.
12993. Invention
Invention : aspartame
Year : 1965
Inventor : james schlatter
Country : us.
12994. Invention
Invention : aspirin
Year : 1897
Inventor : felix hoffmann (bayer)
Country : germany.
12995. Invention
Invention : assembly line
Year : 1913
Inventor : henry ford
Country : us.
12996. Invention
Invention : astrolabe
Year : c. 2nd century
Inventor : -
Country : -.
12997. Invention
Invention : astroturf
Year : 1965
Inventor : james m. faria, robert t. wright
Country : us.
12998. Invention
Invention : audiotape
Year : 1928
Inventor : fritz pfleumer
Country : germany.
12999. Invention
Invention : automated teller machine (atm)
Year : 1968
Inventor : don wetzel
Country : us.
13000. Invention
Invention : automobile
Year : 1889
Inventor : gottlieb daimler
Country : germany.
13001. Invention
Invention : baby food, prepared
Year : 1927
Inventor : dorothy gerber
Country : us.
13002. Invention
Invention : bag, flat-bottomed paper
Year : 1870
Inventor : margaret knight
Country : us.
13003. Invention
Invention : bakelite
Year : 1907
Inventor : leo hendrik baekeland
Country : us.
13004. Invention
Invention : ball bearing
Year : 1794
Inventor : philip vaughan
Country : england.
13005. Invention
Invention : balloon, hot-air
Year : 1783
Inventor : joseph & etienne montgolfier
Country : france.
13006. Invention
Invention : bandage, adhesive
Year : 1921
Inventor : earle dickson
Country : us.
13007. Invention
Invention : bar code
Year : 1952
Inventor : joseph woodland
Country : us.
13008. Invention
Invention : barbed wire
Year : 1874
Inventor : joseph glidden
Country : us.
13009. Invention
Invention : barometer
Year : 1643
Inventor : evangelista torricelli
Country : italy.
13010. Invention
Invention : battery, electric storage
Year : 1800
Inventor : alessandro volta
Country : italy.
13011. Invention
Invention : beer
Year : before 6000 bc
Inventor : sumerians, babylonians
Country : mesopotamia.
13012. Invention
Invention : bicycle
Year : 1818
Inventor : baron karl de drais de sauerbrun
Country : germany.
13013. Invention
Invention : bifocal lens
Year : 1784
Inventor : benjamin franklin
Country : us.
13014. Invention
Invention : bikini
Year : 1946
Inventor : louis reard
Country : france.
13015. Invention
Invention : blood bank
Year : late 1930s
Inventor : charles richard drew
Country : us.
13016. Invention
Invention : blow-dryer
Year : 1920
Inventor : racine universal motor co., hamilton beach manufacturing co.
Country : us.
13017. Invention
Invention : bomb, atomic
Year : 1945
Inventor : j. robert oppenheimer, et al.
Country : us.
13018. Invention
Invention : bomb, thermonuclear (hydrogen)
Year : 1952
Inventor : edward teller, et al.
Country : us.
13019. Invention
Invention : boomerang
Year : c. 15,000 years ago
Inventor : aboriginal peoples
Country : australia.
13020. Invention
Invention : braille system
Year : 1824
Inventor : louis braille
Country : france.
13021. Invention
Invention : brassiere (bra)
Year : 1913
Inventor : mary phelps jacob
Country : us.
13022. Invention
Invention : bread, sliced (bread-slicing machine)
Year : 1928
Inventor : otto frederick rohwedder
Country : us.
13023. Invention
Invention : button
Year : c. 700 bc
Inventor : greeks, etruscans
Country : greece, italy.
13024. Invention
Invention : buttonhole
Year : 13th century
Inventor : -
Country : europe.
13025. Invention
Invention : calculator, electronic hand-held
Year : 1967
Inventor : jack s. kilby
Country : us.
13026. Invention
Invention : calculus
Year : 1680s
Inventor : sir isaac newton and gottfried wilhelm leibniz (invented separately)
Country : england and germany (respectively).
13027. Invention
Invention : calendar, modern (gregorian)
Year : 1582
Inventor : pope gregory xiii
Country : italy.
13028. Invention
Invention : camcorder
Year : 1982
Inventor : sony corp.
Country : japan.
13029. Invention
Invention : camera, motion picture
Year : 1891
Inventor : thomas alva edison, william k.l. dickson
Country : us.
13030. Invention
Invention : camera, portable photographic
Year : 1888
Inventor : george eastman
Country : us.
13031. Invention
Invention : can, metal beverage
Year : 1933
Inventor : american can co.
Country : us.
13032. Invention
Invention : can opener
Year : 1858
Inventor : ezra j. warner
Country : us.
13033. Invention
Invention : candle
Year : c. 3000 bc
Inventor : -
Country : egypt, crete.
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