13292. Invention

Invention : virtual reality
Year : 1989
Inventor : jaron lanier
Country : us.

13293. Invention

Invention : vision correction, laser
Year : 1987
Inventor : stephen trokel
Country : us.

13294. Invention

Invention : washing machine, electric
Year : 1907
Inventor : alva j. fisher
Country : us.

13295. Invention

Invention : wheel
Year : about 3500 bc
Inventor : proto-aryan people or sumerians
Country : russia/kazakhstan or mesopotamia.

13296. Invention

Invention : wheelbarrow
Year : 1st century bc
Inventor : -
Country : china.

13297. Invention

Invention : wheelchair
Year : 1590s
Inventor : -
Country : spain.

13298. Invention

Invention : windmill
Year : 644
Inventor : -
Country : persia.

13299. Invention

Invention : wine
Year : before 4000 bc
Inventor : -
Country : middle east.

13300. Invention

Invention : world wide web
Year : 1989
Inventor : tim berners-lee
Country : uk.

13301. Invention

Invention : wristwatch, digital
Year : 1970
Inventor : john m. bergey
Country : us.

13302. Invention

Invention : x-ray imaging
Year : 1895
Inventor : wilhelm conrad rontgen
Country : germany.

13303. Invention

Invention : zamboni (ice resurfacing machine)
Year : 1949
Inventor : frank j. zamboni
Country : us.

13304. Invention

Invention : zipper
Year : 1893
Inventor : whitcomb l. judson
Country : us

13305. Island

Island : greenland
Location : north atlalntic
Area : 2,175,600.00 sq. km.

13306. Island

Island : new guinea
Location : south-west pacific
Area : 777,000.00 sq. km.

13307. Island

Island : borneo
Location : west mid-pacific
Area : 725,545.00 sq. km.

13308. Island

Island : madagascar
Location : indian ocean
Area : 587,042.00 sq. km.

13309. Island

Island : baffin
Location : north atlantic
Area : 476,065.00 sq. km.

13310. Island

Island : sumatra
Location : northeast indian ocean
Area : 473,600.00 sq. km.

13311. Island

Island : honshu
Location : sea of jappan-pacific
Area : 228,000.00 sq. km.

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