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.

13306. Island

Island : new guinea
Location : south-west pacific
Area : 777,000.00 sq. km.

13307. Island

Island : borneo
Location : west mid-pacific
Area : 725,545.00 sq. km.

13308. Island

Island : madagascar
Location : indian ocean
Area : 587,042.00 sq. km.

13309. Island

Island : baffin
Location : north atlantic
Area : 476,065.00 sq. km.

13310. Island

Island : sumatra
Location : northeast indian ocean
Area : 473,600.00 sq. km.

13311. Island

Island : honshu
Location : sea of jappan-pacific
Area : 228,000.00 sq. km.

13312. Island

Island : great britain
Location : off coast north-west europe
Area : 218,041.00 sq. km.

13313. Island

Island : ellesmere
Location : artic ocean
Area : 196,236.00 sq. km.

13314. Island

Island : victoria i
Location : artic ocean
Area : 212,197.00 sq. km.

13315. Island

Island : celebes
Location : west mid-pacific
Area : 189,035.00 sq. km.

13316. Island

Island : south islands
Location : south pacific
Area : 150,460.00 sq. km.

13317. Island

Island : java
Location : indiand ocean
Area : 126,295.00 sq. km.

13318. Island

Island : north island
Location : south pacific
Area : 114,687.00 sq. km.

13319. Island

Island : cuba
Location : carribbean sea
Area : 114,522.00 sq. km.

13320. Island

Island : newfoundland
Location : north atlantic
Area : 112,300.00 sq. km.

13321. Island

Island : luzon
Location : west mid-pacific
Area : 104,688.00 sq. km.

13322. Island

Island : iceland
Location : north atlantic
Area : 102,999.00 sq. km.

13323. Island

Island : mindanao
Location : west mid-pacific
Area : 94,226.00 sq. km.

13324. Island

Island : ireland
Location : west of great britain
Area : 82,460.00 sq. km.

13325. Island

Island : hokkaido
Location : sea of japan-pacific
Area : 77,900.00 sq. km.

13326. Island

Island : hispaniola
Location : caribbean sea
Area : 76,192.00 sq. km.

Fact
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