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Technology. Technology (General). Invention and Inventions.      

Inventions: Who and When

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Invention -- Who Invented It -- When

Adding Machine -- Pascal -- 1642
Aerosol Spray -- Rotheim -- 1926
Air Conditioning -- Carrier -- 1911
Air Pump -- Guericke -- 1654
Airplane Jet Engine -- Ohain -- 1939
Arc Welder -- Thomson -- 1919
Aspartame -- Schlatter -- 1965
Automobile Muffler -- Pope -- 1904
Automobile Self-Starter -- Kettering -- 1911
Bicycle (modern) -- Starley -- 1885
Bifocal Lens -- Franklin -- 1780
Bomb, Depth -- Tait -- 1916
Bottle Machine -- Owens -- 1895
Burner, Gas -- Bunsen -- 1855
Calculating Machine -- Babbage -- 1833
Calculator, Electronic Pocket -- Merryman, Van Tassel -- 1972
Carburetor, Gasoline -- Maybach -- 1893
Card Time Recorder -- Cooper -- 1894
Carding Machine -- Whittemore -- 1797
Carpet Sweeper -- Bissell -- 1876
Cash Register -- Ritty -- 1879
Cassette, Audio -- Philips Co. -- 1963
Cassette, Videotape -- Sony -- 1969
Cathode Ray Tube -- Crookes -- 1878
CAT Scan -- Hounsfield -- 1973
Cellophane --Brandenberger -- 1908
Celluloid -- Hyatt -- 1870
Cement, Portland -- Aspdin -- 1824
Chronometer -- Harrison -- 1761
Circuit Breaker -- Hilliard -- 1925
Circuit, Integrated -- Kilby, Noyce, Texas Instr. -- 1959
Contraceptive, Oral -- Pincus, Rock -- 1954
Cream Separator -- DeLaval -- 1878
Disc, Compact -- RCA -- 1972
Disc Player, Compact -- Sony, Philips Co. -- 1979
Disk, Floppy -- IBM -- 1970
Dynamite -- Nobel -- 1866
Electric Fan -- Wheeler -- 1882
Electrocardiograph -- Einthoven -- 1903
Electroencephalograph -- Berger -- 1929
Electromagnet -- Sturgeon -- 1824
Electroplating -- Brugnatelli -- 1805
Elevator Brake -- Otis -- 1852
Elevator, Push Button -- Larson -- 1922
Fiberglass -- Owens-Corning -- 1938
Fiber Optics -- Kapany -- 1955
Food, Frozen -- Birdseye -- 1924
Freon -- Midgley, et al -- 1930

Invention -- Who Intented It -- When

Gasoline (lead ethyl) -- Midgley -- 1922
Gasoline, High Octane -- Ipatieff -- 1930
Glass, Laminated Safety -- Benedictus -- 1909
Glider -- Cayley -- 1853
Gun, Breechloader -- Thornton -- 1811
Gun, Browning -- Browning -- 1897
Gun, Magazine -- Hotchkiss -- 1875
Gun, Silencer -- Maxim -- 1908
Harvester-Thresher -- Lane -- 1818
Heart, Artificial -- Jarvik -- 1982
Iron Lung -- Drinker, Slaw -- 1928
Kaleidoscope -- Brewster -- 1928
Kinetoscope -- Edison -- 1889
Lamp, Fluorescent -- GE, Westinghouse -- 1938
Lamp, Incandescent -- Edison -- 1879
Lamp, Miner's Safety -- Davy -- 1816
Lamp, Neon -- Claude -- 1909
Launderette -- Cantrell -- 1934
Lightning Rod -- Franklin -- 1752
Linoleum -- Walton -- 1860
Linotype -- Mergenthaler -- 1884
Lock, Cylinder -- Yale -- 1851
Locomotive, Electric -- Vail -- 1851
Locomotive, Practical -- Stephenson -- 1829
Machine Gun -- Gatling -- 1861
Mason Jar -- Mason -- 1858
Match, Friction -- Walker -- 1827
Microcomputer -- Truong, et al -- 1973
Microphone -- Berliner -- 1877
Microprocessor -- Intel Corp -- 1971
Motor, AC -- Tesla -- 1892
Motor, DC -- Davenport -- 1837
Motorcycle -- Daimler -- 1885
Mower, Lawn -- Budding, Ferrabee -- 1831
Neoprene -- Carothers -- 1930
Nylon -- Du Pont -- 1937
Oleomargarine -- Mege-Mouries -- 1869
Ophthalmoscope -- Helmholtz -- 1851
Parachute -- Blanchard -- 1785
Pen, Ballpoint -- Loud -- 1888
Pen, Fountain -- Waterman -- 1884
Pen, Steel -- Harrison -- 1780
Piano -- Cristofori -- 1709
Piano, Player -- Fourneaux -- 1863
Pin, Safety -- Hunt -- 1849
Punch Card Accounting -- Hollerith -- 1889

Invention -- Who Invented It -- When

Radar -- Watson-Watt -- 1940
Razor, Electric -- Schick -- 1917
Razor, Safety -- Gillette -- 1895
Reaper -- McCormick -- 1834
Record, Cylinder -- Bell, Tainter -- 1887
Record, Disc -- Berliner -- 1887
Record, Long Playing -- Goldmark -- 1947
Rocket Engine -- Goddard -- 1926
Rubber, Vulcanized -- Goodyear -- 1839
Saccharin -- Remsen, Fahlberg -- 1879
Saw, Band -- Newberry -- 1808
Saw, Circular -- Miller -- 1777
Sewing Machine -- Howe -- 1846
Shoe-Lasting Machine -- Matzeliger -- 1883
Shoe-Sewing Machine -- McKay -- 1860
Soap, Hardwater -- Bertsch -- 1928
Steam Turbine -- Parsons -- 1884
Steel Alloy -- Harvey -- 1891
Stethoscope -- Laennec -- 1819
Stock Ticker -- Edison -- 1870
Storage Battery, Rechargeable -- Plante -- 1859
Stove, Electric -- Hadaway -- 1896
Synthesizer -- Moog -- 1964
Tank, Military -- Swinton -- 1914
Tape Recorder, Magnetic -- Poulsen -- 1899
Teflon -- Du Pont -- 1938
Telephone Amplifier -- De Forest -- 1912
Telephone, Wireless -- Collins -- 1899
Teletype -- Morkrum, Kleinschmidt -- 1928
Television, Color -- Baird -- 1928
Time Recorder -- Bundy -- 1890
Tire, Pneumatic -- Dunlop -- 1888
Toaster, Automatic -- Strite -- 1918
Toilet, Flush -- Harington -- 1859
Typewriter -- Sholes, Soule, Glidden -- 1867
Vacuum Cleaner, Electric -- Spangler -- 1907
Velcro -- de Mestral -- 1948
Video Game ("Pong") -- Buschnell -- 1972
Video Home System (VHS) -- Matsushita, JVC -- 1975
Washer, Electric -- Fisher -- 1901
Wind Tunnel -- Eiffel -- 1912
Wire, Barbed -- Glidden -- 1874
Wrench, Double-Acting -- Owen -- 1913

Zipper -- Judson -- 1893

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