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.

13034. Invention

Invention : canning, food
Year : 1809
Inventor : nicolas appert
Country : france.

13035. Invention

Invention : carbon-14 dating
Year : 1946
Inventor : willard f. libby
Country : us.

13036. Invention

Invention : cardboard, corrugated
Year : 1871
Inventor : albert jones
Country : us.

13037. Invention

Invention : cards, playing
Year : c. 10th century
Inventor : -
Country : china.

13038. Invention

Invention : cash register
Year : 1879
Inventor : james ritty
Country : us.

13039. Invention

Invention : cat litter
Year : 1947
Inventor : edward lowe
Country : us.

13040. Invention

Invention : catalog, mail-order
Year : 1872
Inventor : aaron montgomery ward
Country : us.

13041. Invention

Invention : cellophane
Year : 1911
Inventor : jacques e. brandenberger
Country : switzerland.

13042. Invention

Invention : celluloid
Year : 1869
Inventor : john wesley hyatt
Country : us.

13043. Invention

Invention : cement, portland
Year : 1824
Inventor : joseph aspdin
Country : england.

13044. Invention

Invention : cereal flakes, breakfast
Year : 1894
Inventor : john harvey kellogg
Country : us.

13045. Invention

Invention : chewing gum (modern)
Year : c. 1870
Inventor : thomas adams
Country : us.

13046. Invention

Invention : chocolate
Year : c. 3rd-10th century
Inventor : maya, aztecs
Country : central america, mexico.

13047. Invention

Invention : chronometer
Year : 1762
Inventor : john harrison
Country : england.

13048. Invention

Invention : clock, pendulum
Year : 1656
Inventor : christiaan huygens
Country : the netherlands.

13049. Invention

Invention : clock, quartz
Year : 1927
Inventor : warren a. marrison
Country : canada/us.

13050. Invention

Invention : cloning, animal
Year : 1970
Inventor : john b. gurdon
Country : uk.

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