Fact Book

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.

13051. Invention
Invention : coffee, drip
Year : 1908
Inventor : melitta bentz
Country : germany.

13052. Invention
Invention : coffee, decaffeinated
Year : 1905
Inventor : ludwig roselius
Country : germany.

13053. Invention
Invention : coins
Year : c. 650 bc
Inventor : lydians
Country : turkey.

13054. Invention
Invention : compact disc (cd)
Year : 1980
Inventor : philips electronics, sony corp.
Country : the netherlands, japan.

13055. Invention
Invention : compass, magnetic
Year : c. 12th century
Inventor : -
Country : china, europe.

13056. Invention
Invention : computed tomography (ct scan, cat scan)
Year : 1972
Inventor : godfrey hounsfield, allan cormack
Country : uk, us.

13057. Invention
Invention : computer, electronic digital
Year : 1939
Inventor : john v. atanasoff, clifford e. berry
Country : us.

13058. Invention
Invention : computer, laptop
Year : 1983
Inventor : radio shack corp.
Country : us.

13059. Invention
Invention : computer, personal
Year : 1974
Inventor : mits (micro instrumentation telemetry systems)
Country : us.

13060. Invention
Invention : concrete, reinforced
Year : 1867
Inventor : joseph monier
Country : france.

13061. Invention
Invention : condom, latex
Year : c. 1930
Inventor : -
Country : -.

13062. Invention
Invention : contact lenses
Year : 1887
Inventor : adolf fick
Country : germany.

13063. Invention
Invention : contraceptives, oral
Year : early 1950s
Inventor : gregory pincus, john rock, min chueh chang
Country : us.

13064. Invention
Invention : corn, hybrid
Year : 1917
Inventor : donald f. jones
Country : us.

13065. Invention
Invention : correction fluid, white
Year : 1951
Inventor : bette nesmith
Country : us.

13066. Invention
Invention : cotton gin
Year : 1793
Inventor : eli whitney
Country : us.

13067. Invention
Invention : coupon, grocery
Year : 1894
Inventor : asa candler
Country : us.

13068. Invention
Invention : crayons, children's wax
Year : 1903
Inventor : edwin binney, c. harold smith
Country : us.

13069. Invention
Invention : cream separator (dairy processing)
Year : 1878
Inventor : carl gustaf patrik de laval
Country : sweden.

13070. Invention
Invention : credit card
Year : 1950
Inventor : frank mcnamara, ralph schneider (diners' club)
Country : us.

13071. Invention
Invention : crossword puzzles
Year : 1913
Inventor : arthur wynne
Country : us.

13072. Invention
Invention : ddt
Year : 1874
Inventor : othmar zeidler
Country : germany.

13073. Invention
Invention : defibrillator
Year : 1952
Inventor : paul m. zoll
Country : us.

13074. Invention
Invention : dentures
Year : c. 700 bc
Inventor : etruscans
Country : italy.

13075. Invention
Invention : detector, metal
Year : late 1920s
Inventor : gerhard fisher
Country : germany/us.

13076. Invention
Invention : detector, home smoke
Year : 1969
Inventor : randolph smith, kenneth house
Country : us.

13077. Invention
Invention : diamond, artificial
Year : 1955
Inventor : general electric co.
Country : us.

13078. Invention
Invention : diapers, disposable
Year : 1950
Inventor : marion donovan
Country : us.

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Vitamin : b12 (cobalamin)
Occurrence : liver, milk, yolk, fish, meat, oysters, quark, barm
Lack : aenaemia, nerve disturbances, nervous disturbances, changes in the lung and the spinal marrows
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