Friday, November 25, 2011

Inventions and Discoveries

1. John L. Baird – TV

2. Evangelista Torricelli – Barometer

3. Count Von Ferdinand – Zeppelin airship

4. Samuel Colt – Revolver

5. Elias Howe – Sewing Machine

6. Gulielmo Marconi – Wireless Telegraph

7. James Watt – The Steam Engine

8. Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof - Esperanto (Esperanto is a constructed international auxiliary language. Zamenhof said he created this language to foster harmony between people from different countries.)

9. Charles Good year – discovered the art of vulcanizing rubber

10. Ferdinand Magellan – First person to attempt to sail around the world

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