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The famous game was invented by James Naismith. "The first public basketball game was in Springfield, MA, USA, on March 11, 1892."
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The bicycle was ivented by Pierre Michaux. Now there were alot of discussions about wether he invented the fist bicycle but scientist prooved that he was the one who invented the Bicycle. But the scientist disagree that the he was the firt one to invent a bike with pedals.
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Christopher Sholes was the one who invented the type writer along with Carlos Glidden. It took them about 5 years to create this amazing invention. The went through alot of trail and error in order to finigsh this product. However, the invention wasnt an instant succes. In 1874, the type writer was put out for sale
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This inventionwas created in 1873 in the USA by Joseph Glidden. Barb wire was used for many things. For example it was used as a military weaponin World War I.
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Alexander Graham Bell was the creator of metal detectors.The device was invented with the hope that it might be able to help doctors find the bullet lodged in President James Garfield. he was shot in the chest and Alexander was hoping that with his creation he could find the bullet.
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The Cash Register was invente by James Ritty. this invention is still been used by super markets and stores.
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Emile Berliner was an German immigrant working at Washington D.C. He created a successful system of sound recording. called the Gramophone. Berliner was the first inventor to stop recording on cylinders and start recording on flat disks or records.
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This invention was probably one of the most important. Its a way of transportation and we still use it today.In my opinion London Underground (the inventor) was a genious. Th train was invente in England.
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Wilhelm Konrad Roentgenwas the man who discovered the X-Rays. On the 8th of november was the day he discovered X-rays but the invention wasnt complited, He published a paper about the discovery and in December 1895 he held a demonstration with his first X-Ray pictures, along with one of his wife's hand.
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The inventors of the first airplane were Orville and Wilbur Wright. This was a successful experiment. Airplane flew naturally, at even speed, and descended without damage.
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In march 20 the color photograpy was invented. First commercial color film, the Autochrome plates, manufactured by Lumiere brothers in France.
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Georges Claude was a Frenchimmigrant
Neon lamps were simple. They are made up of a glass tuble with gass inside of it. Depending onn the type of gass, the light glows in different colores. The invention developed and stores started to make signs with it. It was a very popular invention. -
It was ivented by John Logie Baird. I would say this is a great invention because we all like wathcing tv,
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This invention was created by Heinrich Focke. This was the first practical Helicopter."In 1938, it made an altitude flight of 11,243 feet and cross-country flight of 143 miles."
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The Microwave Oven was created byPercy L Spencer. "He was testing a new vacuum tube called a magnetron, when he discovered that the candy bar in his pocket had melted. This intrigued Dr. Spencer, so he tried another experiment. This time he placed some popcorn kernels near the tube and, perhaps standing a little farther away, he watched with an inventivesparkle in his eye as the popcorn sputtered,popped all over.."
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The credit card was invented in 1950 by Ralph Schneider. what is a credit card?"A credit card is a small plastic card issued to users as a system of payment. It allows its holder to buy goods and services based on the holder's promise to pay for these goods and services." (wikipedia). THis invention was very good and popular because every body has a cresit card now.
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The first handheld calculator invented by William Seward Burroughs. I think that it was very beneficial that someone invented a calculator because most of us are not great with math and we use the calculator to be 100% correct.
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The VCR was invented by Charles P. Ginsburg. The first sold VCR was sold for $50,000 in 1956.
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