Fact Book

13176. Invention
Invention : pacemaker, cardiac
Year : 1952
Inventor : paul m. zoll
Country : us.

13177. Invention
Invention : paper
Year : c. 105
Inventor : ts'ai lun
Country : china.

13178. Invention
Invention : paper clip
Year : 1899
Inventor : johan vaaler
Country : norway.

13179. Invention
Invention : paper towel
Year : 1931
Inventor : arthur scott
Country : us.

13180. Invention
Invention : parachute, modern
Year : 1797
Inventor : andre-jacques garnerin
Country : france.

13181. Invention
Invention : parking meter
Year : 1932
Inventor : carl c. magee
Country : us.

13182. Invention
Invention : particle accelerator
Year : 1929
Inventor : sir john douglas cockcroft, ernest thomas sinton walton
Country : ireland/uk.

13183. Invention
Invention : pasteurization
Year : 1864
Inventor : louis pasteur
Country : france.

13184. Invention
Invention : pen, ballpoint
Year : 1938
Inventor : lazlo biro
Country : hungary.

13185. Invention
Invention : pencil
Year : 1565
Inventor : conrad gesner
Country : switzerland.

13186. Invention
Invention : periodic table
Year : 1871
Inventor : dmitry ivanovich mendeleyev
Country : russia.

13187. Invention
Invention : personal watercraft, motorized
Year : 1968
Inventor : bombardier, inc.
Country : canada.

13188. Invention
Invention : petroleum jelly
Year : 1870s
Inventor : robert chesebrough
Country : us.

13189. Invention
Invention : phonograph
Year : 1877
Inventor : thomas alva edison
Country : us.

13190. Invention
Invention : photocopying (xerography)
Year : 1937
Inventor : chester f. carlson
Country : us.

13191. Invention
Invention : photography
Year : 1837
Inventor : louis-jacques-mande daguerre
Country : france.

13192. Invention
Invention : photography, instant
Year : 1947
Inventor : edwin herbert land
Country : us.

13193. Invention
Invention : play-doh
Year : 1956
Inventor : noah w. & joseph s. mcvicker
Country : us.

13194. Invention
Invention : plow, steel
Year : 1836
Inventor : john deere
Country : us.

13195. Invention
Invention : pocket watch
Year : c. 1500
Inventor : peter henlein
Country : germany.

13196. Invention
Invention : polyethylene
Year : 1935
Inventor : eric fawcett, reginald gibson
Country : uk.

13197. Invention
Invention : polygraph (lie detector)
Year : 1921
Inventor : john a. larson
Country : us.

13198. Invention
Invention : polyvinyl chloride (pvc)
Year : 1872
Inventor : eugen baumann
Country : germany.

13199. Invention
Invention : post-it notes
Year : mid-1970s
Inventor : arthur fry (3m)
Country : us.

13200. Invention
Invention : potato chips
Year : 1853
Inventor : george crum
Country : us.

13201. Invention
Invention : printing press, movable type
Year : c. 1450
Inventor : johannes gutenberg
Country : germany.

13202. Invention
Invention : prozac
Year : 1972
Inventor : ray w. fuller, bryan b. molloy, david t. wong
Country : us.

13203. Invention
Invention : radar
Year : c. 1904
Inventor : christian hulsmeyer
Country : germany.

13204. Invention
Invention : radio
Year : 1896
Inventor : guglielmo marconi
Country : italy.

13205. Invention
Invention : radio, car
Year : early 1920s
Inventor : william p. lear
Country : us.

13206. Invention
Invention : rayon
Year : 1884
Inventor : louis-marie-hilaire bernigaud, count of chardonnet
Country : france.

13207. Invention
Invention : razor, electric
Year : 1928
Inventor : jacob schick
Country : us.

13208. Invention
Invention : razor, safety
Year : c. 1900
Inventor : king camp gillette
Country : us.

13209. Invention
Invention : reaper, mechanical
Year : 1831
Inventor : cyrus hall mccormick
Country : us.

13210. Invention
Invention : record, long-playing (lp)
Year : 1948
Inventor : peter carl goldmark
Country : us.

13211. Invention
Invention : refrigerator
Year : 1842
Inventor : john gorrie
Country : us.

13212. Invention
Invention : remote control, television
Year : 1950
Inventor : robert adler
Country : us.

13213. Invention
Invention : respirator
Year : c. 1955
Inventor : forrest m. bird
Country : us.

13214. Invention
Invention : revolver
Year : 1835-36
Inventor : samuel colt
Country : us.

13215. Invention
Invention : richter scale
Year : 1935
Inventor : charles francis richter, beno gutenberg
Country : us.

13216. Invention
Invention : rifle, assault
Year : 1944
Inventor : hugo schmeisser
Country : germany.

13217. Invention
Invention : roller coaster
Year : 1884
Inventor : lemarcus a. thompson
Country : us.

13218. Invention
Invention : rubber, vulcanized
Year : 1839
Inventor : charles goodyear
Country : us.

13219. Invention
Invention : rubber band
Year : 1845
Inventor : stephen perry
Country : uk.

13220. Invention
Invention : saccharin
Year : 1879
Inventor : ira remsen, constantin fahlberg
Country : us, germany.

13221. Invention
Invention : saddle (riding)
Year : c. 200 bc
Inventor : -
Country : china.

13222. Invention
Invention : safety pin
Year : 1849
Inventor : walter hunt
Country : us.

13223. Invention
Invention : satellite, successful artificial earth
Year : 1957
Inventor : sergey korolyov, et al.
Country : ussr.

13224. Invention
Invention : satellite, communications
Year : 1960
Inventor : john robinson pierce
Country : us.

13225. Invention
Invention : saxophone
Year : 1846
Inventor : antoine-joseph sax
Country : belgium.

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