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85Invention of Paper
We take it for granted. It is dumped out daily by offices, schools, homes, and businesses. And yet, is one of the most important inventions of all time. Without it, many other inventions would not have been...
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84Who Invented The TV Remote Control?
The tv remote is one piece of technology that no self respecting couch potato can live without. But where did the venerable "clicker" come from? To whom do we owe our thanks?
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82Invention of the Wheel
The invention of the wheel is probably the most important invention of all time. Without the wheel, the world simply wouldn't exist as we know it. The invention of the wheel was at the root of the Industrial...
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81Matches
A match is a small thin stick of wood or cardboard. Its tip is coated with chemicals that produce a flame easily when it is rubbed sharply against a rough surface. Matches tipped with an explosive substance...
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76The Invention of the Clock
The mechanical clock, was a medieval invention. The ancient world had measured time, none too accurately, by the sundial and the water-clock. Both these were devices known to the Babylonians in the second...
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73Lawnmower
The lawnmower was invented by Edwin Budding of Gloucestershire in 1830. The first commercially successful petrol-driven mower was marketed by Ransomes, Sims and Jeffries in 1902. Motor mowers have largely superseded hand mowers because of the time and physical energy they save.
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77List of greatest/best inventions in the 20th century
Well I can make a personal list which reflects the inventions that have made the biggest difference for me personally: the contraceptive pill: I wouldn't be childless without it! the internal combustion...
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72The Past, Present & Future Of The Lie Detector
It is an instrument to measure and record many physiological responses from respiration and skin conductivity's to blood pressure, pulse. This takes place while the subject is asked a series of questions and...
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70Internet Memories The Gutenberg Bible and Me
The internet has changed the way people think and communicate as much as the Gutenberg Bible did in the fifteenth century. Gutenberg's movable type made the printing and distribution of books possible in...
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68The History of Toothbrushes
For as long as humans have existed , that's how long someone has always been able to come up with an idea on how to clean them. Our ancient ancestors used "chewing sticks" that were made from twigs....
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