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.

13117. Invention

Invention : guitar, electric
Year : 1941
Inventor : les paul
Country : us.

13118. Invention

Invention : gunpowder
Year : c. 10th century
Inventor : -
Country : china or arabia.

13119. Invention

Invention : hanger, wire coat
Year : 1903
Inventor : albert j. parkhouse
Country : us.

13120. Invention

Invention : helicopter
Year : 1939
Inventor : igor sikorsky
Country : russia/us.

13121. Invention

Invention : holography
Year : 1948
Inventor : dennis gabor
Country : hungary.

13122. Invention

Invention : hypodermic syringe
Year : 1853
Inventor : charles gabriel pravaz
Country : france.

13123. Invention

Invention : in vitro fertilization (ivf), human
Year : 1978
Inventor : patrick steptoe, robert edwards
Country : uk.

13124. Invention

Invention : ink
Year : c. 2500 bc
Inventor : -
Country : egypt, china.

13125. Invention

Invention : insulin, extraction and preparation of
Year : 1921
Inventor : sir frederick grant banting, charles h. best
Country : canada.

13126. Invention

Invention : integrated circuit
Year : 1958
Inventor : jack s. kilby
Country : us.

13127. Invention

Invention : internet
Year : 1969
Inventor : advanced research projects agency (arpa) at the dept. of defense
Country : us.

13128. Invention

Invention : iron, electric
Year : 1882
Inventor : henry w. seely
Country : us.

13129. Invention

Invention : irradiation, food
Year : 1905
Inventor : -
Country : us/uk.

13130. Invention

Invention : jeans
Year : 1873
Inventor : levi strauss, jacob davis
Country : us.

13131. Invention

Invention : jell-o (gelatin dessert)
Year : 1897
Inventor : pearle b. wait
Country : us.

13132. Invention

Invention : jukebox
Year : 1889
Inventor : louis glass
Country : us.

13133. Invention

Invention : kevlar
Year : 1965
Inventor : stephanie kwolek
Country : us.

13134. Invention

Invention : kool-aid (fruit drink mix)
Year : 1927
Inventor : edwin e. perkins
Country : us.

13135. Invention

Invention : laser
Year : 1958
Inventor : gordon gould and charles hard townes, arthur l. schawlow (invented separately)
Country : us.

13136. Invention

Invention : laundromat
Year : 1934
Inventor : j.f. cantrell
Country : us.

13137. Invention

Invention : lawn mower, gasoline-powered
Year : c. 1940
Inventor : leonard goodall
Country : us.

13138. Invention

Invention : lego
Year : late 1940s
Inventor : ole kirk christiansen
Country : denmark.

13139. Invention

Invention : light bulb, incandescent
Year : 1879
Inventor : thomas alva edison
Country : us.

13140. Invention

Invention : light bulb, fluorescent
Year : 1934
Inventor : arthur compton
Country : us.

13141. Invention

Invention : light-emitting diode (led)
Year : 1962
Inventor : nick holonyak, jr.
Country : us.

13142. Invention

Invention : linoleum
Year : 1860
Inventor : frederick walton
Country : uk.

13143. Invention

Invention : lipstick, tube
Year : 1915
Inventor : maurice levy
Country : us.

13144. Invention

Invention : liquid crystal display (lcd)
Year : 1963
Inventor : george heilmeier
Country : us.

13145. Invention

Invention : lock and key
Year : c. 2000 bc
Inventor : assyrians
Country : mesopotamia.

13146. Invention

Invention : locomotive
Year : 1829
Inventor : george stephenson
Country : england.

13147. Invention

Invention : longbow
Year : c. 1000
Inventor : -
Country : wales.

13148. Invention

Invention : loudspeaker
Year : 1924
Inventor : chester w. rice, edward w. kellogg
Country : us.

13149. Invention

Invention : magnetic resonance imaging (mri)
Year : early 1970s
Inventor : raymond damadian, paul lauterbur
Country : us.

13150. Invention

Invention : margarine
Year : 1869
Inventor : hippolyte mege-mouries
Country : france.

13151. Invention

Invention : matches, friction
Year : 1827
Inventor : john walker
Country : england.

13152. Invention

Invention : metric system of measurement
Year : 1795
Inventor : french academy of sciences
Country : france.

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