13043. Invention

Invention : cement, portland
Year : 1824
Inventor : joseph aspdin
Country : england.

13044. Invention

Invention : cereal flakes, breakfast
Year : 1894
Inventor : john harvey kellogg
Country : us.

13045. Invention

Invention : chewing gum (modern)
Year : c. 1870
Inventor : thomas adams
Country : us.

13046. Invention

Invention : chocolate
Year : c. 3rd-10th century
Inventor : maya, aztecs
Country : central america, mexico.

13047. Invention

Invention : chronometer
Year : 1762
Inventor : john harrison
Country : england.

13048. Invention

Invention : clock, pendulum
Year : 1656
Inventor : christiaan huygens
Country : the netherlands.

13049. Invention

Invention : clock, quartz
Year : 1927
Inventor : warren a. marrison
Country : canada/us.

13050. Invention

Invention : cloning, animal
Year : 1970
Inventor : john b. gurdon
Country : uk.

13051. Invention

Invention : coffee, drip
Year : 1908
Inventor : melitta bentz
Country : germany.

13052. Invention

Invention : coffee, decaffeinated
Year : 1905
Inventor : ludwig roselius
Country : germany.

13053. Invention

Invention : coins
Year : c. 650 bc
Inventor : lydians
Country : turkey.

13054. Invention

Invention : compact disc (cd)
Year : 1980
Inventor : philips electronics, sony corp.
Country : the netherlands, japan.

13055. Invention

Invention : compass, magnetic
Year : c. 12th century
Inventor : -
Country : china, europe.

13056. Invention

Invention : computed tomography (ct scan, cat scan)
Year : 1972
Inventor : godfrey hounsfield, allan cormack
Country : uk, us.

13057. Invention

Invention : computer, electronic digital
Year : 1939
Inventor : john v. atanasoff, clifford e. berry
Country : us.

13058. Invention

Invention : computer, laptop
Year : 1983
Inventor : radio shack corp.
Country : us.

13059. Invention

Invention : computer, personal
Year : 1974
Inventor : mits (micro instrumentation telemetry systems)
Country : us.

13060. Invention

Invention : concrete, reinforced
Year : 1867
Inventor : joseph monier
Country : france.

13061. Invention

Invention : condom, latex
Year : c. 1930
Inventor : -
Country : -.

13062. Invention

Invention : contact lenses
Year : 1887
Inventor : adolf fick
Country : germany.

Fact
The german friedrich sertner, when he managed to isolate the active substance from opium in 1806, gave the substance the name "morphine" after the greek god of sleep.      .. More >>