12206. Desert

Desert : kara kum
Area : 2,70,000 sq. km.
Territories : turkmanistan.

12207. Desert

Desert : somall desert
Area : 2,60,000 sq. km.
Territories : somalia.

12208. Desert

Desert : atacama desert
Area : 1,80,000 sq. km.
Territories : northern chile.

12209. Desert

Desert : kizil kum
Area : 1,80,000 sq. km.
Territories : uzbekistan-kazakhstan.

12210. Desert

Desert : dasht-e-lut
Area : 52,000 sq. km.
Territories : eastern iran.

12211. Desert

Desert : mojave desert
Area : 35,000 sq. km.
Territories : southern californis.

12212. Desert

Desert : desierto de sechura
Area : 26,000 sq. km.
Territories : north-west 'peru'.

12213. Discovery

Adrenaline
Discoverer/Inventor : schafer and oliver (britain)
Year : 1894

12214. Discovery

Anesthesia, Local
Discoverer/Inventor : koller (austria)
Year : 1885

12215. Discovery

Anesthesia, Spinal
Discoverer/Inventor : bier (germany)
Year : 1898

12216. Discovery

Anti-Toxins (Science Of Immunity)
Discoverer/Inventor : behring and kitasato (germany, japan)
Year : 1890

12217. Discovery

Aspirin
Discoverer/Inventor : dreser (germany)
Year : 1889

12218. Discovery

Ayurveda
Discoverer/Inventor : (india)
Year : 2000-1000 bc

12219. Discovery

Bacteria
Discoverer/Inventor : leeuwenhock (netherlands)
Year : 1683

12220. Discovery

Bacteriology
Discoverer/Inventor : ferdinand cohn (germany)
Year : 1872

12221. Discovery

Biochemistry
Discoverer/Inventor : jan baptista van helmont (belgium)
Year : 1648

12222. Discovery

Blood Plasma Storage (Blood Bank)
Discoverer/Inventor : drew (u.s.a)
Year : 1940

12223. Discovery

Blood Transfusion
Discoverer/Inventor : jean-baptiste denys (france)
Year : 1625

12224. Discovery

Cardiac Pacemaker
Discoverer/Inventor : a.s hyman (u.s.a)
Year : 1932

12225. Discovery

Cat Scanner
Discoverer/Inventor : godfrey hounsfield (britain)
Year : 1968

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