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nventions that predate history -- Roads -- The screw -- Glass -- Waterwheel -- Magnetic compass -- Metal plow -- Paper -- Cement -- Zero -- Gunpowder -- Eyeglasses -- Windmill -- Glass mirror -- Blast furnace -- Caravel (sailing ship) -- Printing press -- Projection maps -- Microscope -- Telescope -- Barometer -- Mechanical clock -- Thermometer -- Accurate ship navigation (portable clock and sextant) -- Spinning Jenny -- Lighter-than-air flight -- Cotton gin -- Vaccinations -- Steam engine -- Electric battery -- Railroad -- Steamship -- Stethoscope -- Electric motor -- Combine harvester -- Telegraph -- Vulcanized rubber -- Photography -- Anesthesia -- Antiseptics -- Elevator and skyscraper -- Aspirin -- Steel -- Pasteurization -- Refrigeration -- Oil well -- Dynamite -- Typewriter -- Barbed wire -- City sewers -- Telephone -- Phonograph -- Internal combustion engine -- Electric lightbulb -- Measuring cup, tablespoon, and teaspoon -- Bicycle -- Automobile -- Electric alternating current (AC) -- Fast fasteners (zipper and velcro) -- Radio -- Moving pictures -- Air Conditioning -- Electric utilities -- Airplane -- Washing machine -- Plastic -- Assembly line -- Sonar -- Frozen food -- Television -- Cyclotron -- Radar -- Nylon (synthetic fabrics) -- Ballpoint pen -- Photocopier -- Jet engine -- Nuclear reactor -- Digital comptuer -- Kidney dialysis -- Microwave oven -- Transistor -- Nystatin -- Product bar codes -- Chemotherapy -- Birth control pill -- Solar cells -- Radioimmunoassay -- Robots -- Endoscope (arthroscopic surgery) -- Laser -- Microchip -- Heart pacemaker -- Space flight -- Communications satellite -- Calculator -- Organ transplant -- MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) -- Personal computer -- Artificial heart -- World wide web -- Cloning -- Appendix A: List of featured inventors -- Appendix B: Inventions by branch of science -- Appendix C: Next forty inventions to research -- Appendix D: Reference sources -- Index. |
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