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Inventions

Invention Inventor Country Year
Adding machine Pascal France 1642
Aeroplane Wright brothers USA 1903
Balloon Jacques and Joseph Montgolfier France 1783
Ball-point pen C. Biro Hungary 1938
Barometer E. Torricelli Italy 1644
Bicycle K. Macmillan Scotland 1839
Bicycle Tyre J.B. Dunlop Scotland 1888
Calculating machine Pascal France 1642
Centrigrade scale A. Celsius France 1742
Cinematograph Thomas Alva Edison USA 1891
Computer Charles Babbage Britain 1834
Cine camera Friese-Greene Britain 1889
Cinema A.L. and J.L. Lumiere France 1895
Clock (machanical) Hsing and Ling-Tsan China 1725
Clock (pendulum) C. Hugyens Netherlands 1657
Diesel engine Rudolf Diesel Germany 1892
Dynamite Alfred Nobel Sweden 1867
Dynamo Michael Faraday England 1831
Electric lamp Thomas Alva Edison USA 1879
Electromagnet W. Sturgeon England 1824
Evolution (theory) Charles Darwin England 1858
Film (with sound) Dr Lee de Forest USA 1923
Fountain Pen LE Waterman USA 1884
Gramophone T.A. Edison USA 1878
Jet Engine Sir Frank Whittle England 1937



Lift E.G. Otis USA 1852
Machine gun Richard Gatling USA 1861
Microphone David Hughes USA 1878
Microscope Z. Jansen Netherlands 1590
Motor car (petrol) Karl Benz Germany 1885
Motorcycle Edward Butler England 1884
Neon-lamp G. Claude France 1915
Nylon Dr W.H. Carothers USA 1937
Photography (paper) W.H. Fox Tablot England 1835
Printing press J. Gutenberg Germany 1455




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