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1
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Who invented the automatic calculator?

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Wilhelm Schickard -1623

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2
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What did Wilhelm Schickard invent?

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Automatic Calculator

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3
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Who invented the air conditioner?

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Willis Carrier

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4
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What did Willis Carrier invent?

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Air Conditioner - 1914

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5
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Who found amplitude modulation?

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Reginald Fessenden

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6
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What did Reginald Fessenden invent?

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Amplitude Modulation (year unknown)

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7
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Who invented the Anemometer?

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Leon Battista Alberti

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8
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What did Leon Battista Alberti invent?

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Anemometer - 1450

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9
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What did Emile Reynaud invent?

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Animation - 1892

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10
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Who invented animation?

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Emile Reynaud

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11
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Who invented the Atom Bomb?

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Julius Robert Oppenheimer

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12
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What did Julius Robert Oppenheimer invent?

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Atom Bomb - 1945

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13
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Who invented aspirin?

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Dr. Felix Hoffman

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14
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What did Dr. Felix Hoffman invent?

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Aspirin - 1899

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15
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Who invented the airplane?

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Wilber and Orville Wright

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16
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What did Wilber and Orville Wright invent?

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Airplane - 1903

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17
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Who invented adhesive tape?

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Richard G. Drew

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18
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What did Richard G. Drew invent?

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Adhesive tape - 1923

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19
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Who invented the Bifocal Lens?

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Benjamin Franklin

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20
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What did Benjamin Franklin invent?

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Bifocal Lens - 1784,
AND
Lightning Conductor - 1752

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21
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Who invented the barometer?

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Evangelista Torricelli

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22
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What did Evangelista Torricelli invent?

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Barometer (year unknown)

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23
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Who invented barbed wire?

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Joseph F. Glidden

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24
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What did Joseph F. Glidden invent?

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Barbed Wire - 1873

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25
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Who discovered the blood group?

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Karl Lansdsteiner

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26
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What did Karl Lansdsteiner discover?

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Blood Group - 1900

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27
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Who invented the ball point pen?

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John Loud

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28
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What did John Loud invent?

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Ball Point Pen - 1888

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29
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Who invented Bicycle Tyres?

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John Boyd Dunlop

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30
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What did John Boyd Dunlop invent?

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Bicycle Tyres - 1888

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31
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Who invented the bicycle?

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Kirkpatrick Macmillan

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32
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What did Kirkpatrick Macmillan invent?

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Bicycle - 1839

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33
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Who discovered the celluloid?

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Alexander Parkes

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34
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What did Alexander Parkes discover?

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Celluloid - 1861

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35
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Who discovered the chloroform?

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E. Soberran

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36
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What did E. Soberran discover?

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Chloroform - 1831

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37
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Who invented the Cine Camera?

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Wm. Friese-Greene

38
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What did Wm. Friese-Greene invent?

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Cine Camera - 1889

39
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Who discovered the circulation of blood?

A

William Harvey

40
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What did William Harvey discover?

A

Circulation of blood - 1628

41
Q

Who invented the Clock Mechanical?

A

Hsing and Ling-Tsan

42
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What did Hsing and Ling-Tsan invent?

A

Clock Mechanical - 1725

43
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Who invented the Diesel Engine?

A

Rudolf Diesel

44
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What did Rudolf Diesel invent?

A

Diesel Engine - 1892

45
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Who invented the centigrade scale?

A

Anders Celsius

46
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What did Anders Celsius invent?

A

Centigrade Scale - 1742

47
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Who discovered Chlorine?

A

Karl Wilhelm Scheele

48
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What did Karl Wilhelm Scheele discover?

A

Chlorine - 1774

49
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Who invented the dynamite?

A

Alfred B. Nobel

50
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What did Alfred B. Nobel invent?

A

Dynamite - 1867

51
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Who invented the electric stove / cooker?

A

William S. Hadaway

52
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What did William S. Hadaway invent?

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Electric Stove/Cooker - 1896

53
Q

Who invented the electroscope?

A

Jean Nollet

54
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What did Jean Nollet invent?

A

Electroscope - 1748

55
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Who invented the Electric Fan?

A

Wheeler

56
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What did Wheeler invent?

A

Electric Fan - 1882

57
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Who invented the electric battery?

A

Volta

58
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What did Volta invent?

A

Electric Battery - 1800

59
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Who invented the elevator?

A

Elisha G. Otis

60
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What did Elisha G. Otis invent?

A

Elevator - 1852

61
Q

Who invented the Electric Motor (DC)?

A

Zenobe Gramme

62
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What did Zenobe Gramme invent?

A

Electric Motor (DC) - 1873

63
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Who invented the electromagnet?

A

William Sturgeon

64
Q

What did William Sturgeon invent?

A

Electromagnet - 1824

65
Q

Who invented the fountain pen?

A

Lewis Edson Waterman

66
Q

What did Lewis Edson Waterman invent?

A

Fountain Pen - 1884

67
Q

Who discovered Fluorine?

A

Ferdinand Frederick Henri Moissan

68
Q

What did Ferdinand Frederick Henri Moissan invent?

A

Fluorine - 1886

69
Q

Who invented the gramophone?

A

Thomas Edison

70
Q

What did Thomas Edison invent?

A

Gramophone - 1878

71
Q

Who discovered hydrogen?

A

Henry Cavendish

72
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What did Henry Cavendish discover?

A

Hydrogen - 1766

73
Q

Who invented the helicopter?

A

Igor Sikorsky

74
Q

What did Igor Sikorsky invent?

A

Helicopter - 1939

75
Q

Who invented the hovercraft?

A

Christopher Cockerell

76
Q

Who invented the hot air balloon?

A

Josef and Etienne Montgolfier

77
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What did Josef and Etienne Montgolfier invent?

A

Hot Air Balloon - 1783

78
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Who discovered helium?

A

William Ramsay

79
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What did William Ramsay discover?

A

Helium - 1868

80
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Who invented insulin?

A

Sir Frederick Banting

81
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What did Sir Frederick Banting invent?

A

Insulin - 1923

82
Q

Who invented the jet engine?

A

Hans Von Ohain

83
Q

What did Hans Von Ohain invent?

A

Jet Engine - 1936

84
Q

Who invented the Lightning Conductor?

A

Benjamin Franklin (1752)

85
Q

Who invented the Locomotive?

A

Richard Travithick

86
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What did Richard Travithick invent?

A

Locomotive - 1804

87
Q

Who invented the laser?

A

Dr. Charles H. Townes

88
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What did Dr. Charles H. Townes invent?

A

Laser - 1960

89
Q

Who invented the light bulb?

A

Heinrich Goebel

90
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What did Heinrich Goebel invent?

A

Light Bulb - 1854

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