Fact Book

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.

13079. Invention
Invention : digital videodisc (dvd)
Year : 1995
Inventor : consortium of international electronics companies
Country : japan, us, the netherlands.

13080. Invention
Invention : dishwasher
Year : 1886
Inventor : josephine cochrane
Country : us.

13081. Invention
Invention : dna fingerprinting
Year : 1984
Inventor : alec jeffreys
Country : uk.

13082. Invention
Invention : doughnut (ring) or donut
Year : 1847
Inventor : hanson crockett gregory
Country : us.

13083. Invention
Invention : door, revolving
Year : 1888
Inventor : theophilus von kannel
Country : us.

13084. Invention
Invention : drinking fountain
Year : c. 1905-1912
Inventor : luther haws, halsey w. taylor (invented separately)
Country : us.

13085. Invention
Invention : dry cleaning
Year : 1855
Inventor : jean baptiste jolly
Country : france.

13086. Invention
Invention : dynamite
Year : 1867
Inventor : alfred nobel
Country : sweden.

13087. Invention
Invention : elastic, fabric
Year : c. 1830
Inventor : thomas hancock
Country : uk.

13088. Invention
Invention : electric chair
Year : 1888
Inventor : harold p. brown, arthur e. kennelly
Country : us.

13089. Invention
Invention : electrocardiogram (ecg, ekg)
Year : 1903
Inventor : willem einthoven
Country : the netherlands.

13090. Invention
Invention : electroencephalogram (eeg)
Year : 1929
Inventor : hans berger
Country : germany.

13091. Invention
Invention : electronic mail (e-mail)
Year : 1971
Inventor : ray tomlinson
Country : us.

13092. Invention
Invention : elevator, passenger
Year : 1852
Inventor : elisha graves otis
Country : us.

13093. Invention
Invention : encyclopedia
Year : c. 4th century bc or 77 ad
Inventor : speusippus (compliation of plato's teachings) or pliny the elder (comprehensive work)
Country : greece or rome.

13094. Invention
Invention : engine, internal-combustion
Year : 1859
Inventor : etienne lenoir
Country : france.

13095. Invention
Invention : engine, jet
Year : 1930
Inventor : sir frank whittle
Country : uk.

13096. Invention
Invention : engine, liquid-fueled rocket
Year : 1926
Inventor : robert h. goddard
Country : us.

13097. Invention
Invention : engine, steam
Year : 1698
Inventor : thomas savery
Country : england.

13098. Invention
Invention : escalator
Year : 1891
Inventor : jesse w. reno
Country : us.

13099. Invention
Invention : eyeglasses
Year : 1280s
Inventor : salvino degli armati or alessandro di spina
Country : italy.

13100. Invention
Invention : facsimile (fax)
Year : 1842
Inventor : alexander bain
Country : scotland.

13101. Invention
Invention : fiber optics
Year : 1955
Inventor : narinder s. kapany
Country : india.

13102. Invention
Invention : fiberglass
Year : 1938
Inventor : owens corning (corp.)
Country : us.

13103. Invention
Invention : film, photographic
Year : 1884
Inventor : george eastman
Country : us.

13104. Invention
Invention : flashlight, battery-operated portable
Year : 1899
Inventor : conrad hubert
Country : russia/us.

13105. Invention
Invention : flask, vacuum (thermos)
Year : 1892
Inventor : sir james dewar
Country : scotland.

13106. Invention
Invention : food processor
Year : 1971
Inventor : pierre verdon
Country : france.

13107. Invention
Invention : foods, freeze-dried
Year : 1946
Inventor : earl w. flosdorf
Country : us.

13108. Invention
Invention : foods, frozen
Year : c. 1924
Inventor : clarence birdseye
Country : us.

13109. Invention
Invention : fresnel lens
Year : 1820
Inventor : augustin-jean fresnel
Country : france.

13110. Invention
Invention : fuel cell
Year : 1839
Inventor : william r. grove
Country : uk.

13111. Invention
Invention : genetic engineering
Year : 1973
Inventor : stanley n. cohen, herbert w. boyer
Country : us.

13112. Invention
Invention : geiger counter
Year : 1908
Inventor : hans geiger
Country : germany.

13113. Invention
Invention : glass
Year : c. 2500 bc
Inventor : egyptians or phoenicians
Country : egypt or lebanon.

13114. Invention
Invention : glass, safety
Year : 1909
Inventor : edouard benedictus
Country : france.

13115. Invention
Invention : greeting card, christmas
Year : 1843
Inventor : john callcott horsley
Country : england.

13116. Invention
Invention : guillotine
Year : 1792
Inventor : joseph-ignace guillotin
Country : france.

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