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Invention : stove, gas
Year : 1826
Inventor : james sharp
Country : uk.

Invention : straw, drinking
Year : 1888
Inventor : marvin stone
Country : us.

Invention : submarine
Year : 1620
Inventor : cornelis drebbel
Country : the netherlands.

Invention : sunglasses
Year : 1752
Inventor : james ayscough
Country : uk.

Invention : sunscreen
Year : 1944
Inventor : benjamin green
Country : us.

Invention : supermarket
Year : 1930
Inventor : michael cullen
Country : us.

Invention : synthesizer, music
Year : 1955
Inventor : harry olson, herbert belar
Country : us.

Invention : synthetic skin
Year : 1981
Inventor : ioannis v. yannas, john f. burke
Country : us.

Invention : tampon, cotton
Year : 1931
Inventor : earle cleveland haas
Country : us.

Invention : tank, military
Year : 1915
Inventor : admiralty landships committee
Country : uk.

Invention : tea bag
Year : early 1900s
Inventor : thomas sullivan
Country : us.

Invention : teddy bear
Year : 1902
Inventor : morris michtom
Country : us.

Invention : teflon
Year : 1938
Inventor : roy plunkett
Country : us.

Invention : telegraph
Year : 1832-35
Inventor : samuel f.b. morse
Country : us.

Invention : telephone, wired-line
Year : 1876
Inventor : alexander graham bell
Country : scotland/canada/us.

Invention : telephone, mobile
Year : 1946
Inventor : bell laboratories
Country : us.

Invention : telescope, optical
Year : 1608
Inventor : hans lippershey
Country : the netherlands.

Invention : television
Year : 1923, 1927
Inventor : vladimir kosma zworykin, philo taylor farnsworth
Country : russia/us, us.

Invention : thermometer
Year : 1592
Inventor : galileo
Country : italy.

Invention : thermostat
Year : 1830
Inventor : andrew ure
Country : uk.

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