Fact Book

13256. Invention
Invention : sunscreen
Year : 1944
Inventor : benjamin green
Country : us.

13257. Invention
Invention : supermarket
Year : 1930
Inventor : michael cullen
Country : us.

13258. Invention
Invention : synthesizer, music
Year : 1955
Inventor : harry olson, herbert belar
Country : us.

13259. Invention
Invention : synthetic skin
Year : 1981
Inventor : ioannis v. yannas, john f. burke
Country : us.

13260. Invention
Invention : tampon, cotton
Year : 1931
Inventor : earle cleveland haas
Country : us.

13261. Invention
Invention : tank, military
Year : 1915
Inventor : admiralty landships committee
Country : uk.

13262. Invention
Invention : tea bag
Year : early 1900s
Inventor : thomas sullivan
Country : us.

13263. Invention
Invention : teddy bear
Year : 1902
Inventor : morris michtom
Country : us.

13264. Invention
Invention : teflon
Year : 1938
Inventor : roy plunkett
Country : us.

13265. Invention
Invention : telegraph
Year : 1832-35
Inventor : samuel f.b. morse
Country : us.

13266. Invention
Invention : telephone, wired-line
Year : 1876
Inventor : alexander graham bell
Country : scotland/canada/us.

13267. Invention
Invention : telephone, mobile
Year : 1946
Inventor : bell laboratories
Country : us.

13268. Invention
Invention : telescope, optical
Year : 1608
Inventor : hans lippershey
Country : the netherlands.

13269. Invention
Invention : television
Year : 1923, 1927
Inventor : vladimir kosma zworykin, philo taylor farnsworth
Country : russia/us, us.

13270. Invention
Invention : thermometer
Year : 1592
Inventor : galileo
Country : italy.

13271. Invention
Invention : thermostat
Year : 1830
Inventor : andrew ure
Country : uk.

13272. Invention
Invention : threshing machine
Year : 1778
Inventor : andrew meikle
Country : scotland.

13273. Invention
Invention : tire, pneumatic
Year : 1888
Inventor : john boyd dunlop
Country : uk.

13274. Invention
Invention : tissue, disposable facial
Year : 1924
Inventor : kimberly-clark co.
Country : us.

13275. Invention
Invention : tissue, toilet
Year : 1857
Inventor : joseph gayetty
Country : us.

13276. Invention
Invention : toaster, electric
Year : 1893
Inventor : crompton co.
Country : uk.

13277. Invention
Invention : toilet, flush
Year : c. 1591
Inventor : sir john harington
Country : england.

13278. Invention
Invention : toothbrush
Year : 1498
Inventor : -
Country : china.

13279. Invention
Invention : tractor
Year : 1892
Inventor : john froehlich
Country : us.

13280. Invention
Invention : traffic lights, automatic
Year : 1923
Inventor : garrett a. morgan
Country : us.

13281. Invention
Invention : transistor
Year : 1947
Inventor : john bardeen, walter h. brattain, william b. shockley
Country : us.

13282. Invention
Invention : typewriter
Year : 1868
Inventor : christopher latham sholes
Country : us.

13283. Invention
Invention : ultrasound imaging, obstetric
Year : 1958
Inventor : ian donald
Country : uk.

13284. Invention
Invention : vaccination
Year : 1796
Inventor : edward jenner
Country : england.

13285. Invention
Invention : vacuum cleaner, electric
Year : 1901
Inventor : herbert cecil booth
Country : uk.

13286. Invention
Invention : velcro
Year : 1948
Inventor : george de mestral
Country : switzerland.

13287. Invention
Invention : vending machine
Year : c. 100-200 bc
Inventor : -
Country : egypt.

13288. Invention
Invention : viagra
Year : 1997
Inventor : pfizer inc.
Country : us.

13289. Invention
Invention : video games
Year : 1972
Inventor : nolan bushnell
Country : us.

13290. Invention
Invention : videocassette recorder
Year : 1969
Inventor : sony corp.
Country : japan.

13291. Invention
Invention : videotape
Year : 1950s
Inventor : charles ginsburg
Country : us.

13292. Invention
Invention : virtual reality
Year : 1989
Inventor : jaron lanier
Country : us.

13293. Invention
Invention : vision correction, laser
Year : 1987
Inventor : stephen trokel
Country : us.

13294. Invention
Invention : washing machine, electric
Year : 1907
Inventor : alva j. fisher
Country : us.

13295. Invention
Invention : wheel
Year : about 3500 bc
Inventor : proto-aryan people or sumerians
Country : russia/kazakhstan or mesopotamia.

13296. Invention
Invention : wheelbarrow
Year : 1st century bc
Inventor : -
Country : china.

13297. Invention
Invention : wheelchair
Year : 1590s
Inventor : -
Country : spain.

13298. Invention
Invention : windmill
Year : 644
Inventor : -
Country : persia.

13299. Invention
Invention : wine
Year : before 4000 bc
Inventor : -
Country : middle east.

13300. Invention
Invention : world wide web
Year : 1989
Inventor : tim berners-lee
Country : uk.

13301. Invention
Invention : wristwatch, digital
Year : 1970
Inventor : john m. bergey
Country : us.

13302. Invention
Invention : x-ray imaging
Year : 1895
Inventor : wilhelm conrad rontgen
Country : germany.

13303. Invention
Invention : zamboni (ice resurfacing machine)
Year : 1949
Inventor : frank j. zamboni
Country : us.

13304. Invention
Invention : zipper
Year : 1893
Inventor : whitcomb l. judson
Country : us

13305. Island
Island : greenland
Location : north atlalntic
Area : 2,175,600.00 sq. km.

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