Who invented the…?
| Invention | Who invented it? | When was it invented? |
|---|---|---|
| Aqualung | Jacques Cousteau | 1943 |
| Banknotes | Bank of Stockholm | 1661 |
| Barbed wire | Lucien Smith (Ohio) Joseph Glidden (Illinois) |
1867 (patent) 1874 (patent) |
| Battery (dry cell) | Georges Leclenche | 1866 (patent) |
| Bottle top (metal) | William Painter | 1892 (patent) |
| Bowler hat | Thomas & William Bowler | 1849 |
| Brassiere | Mary Phelps Jacob | 1914 (patent) |
| Camera (flexible roll film) | George Eastmann | 1888 |
| Cash register | James J Ritty | 1879 |
| Celluloid | John Wesley Hyatt | 1869 |
| Christmas card | John Calcott Horsley, suggested by Henry Cole | 1843 |
| Chronometer (marine) | John Harrison | 1735 |
| Clarinet | Johann Christoph Denner | c1690 |
| Disposable syringe | Colin Murdoch (NZ) | 1956 (patent) |
| Dynamite | Alfred Nobel | 1866 |
| Electric chair | Harold P Brown & Dr E A Kennelly | 1890 |
| Elevator (safety) | Elisha Graves Otis | 1852 |
| Ferris wheel | George Washington Gale Ferris | 1893 |
| Fire extinguisher | George William Manby | 1813 |
| Gas mask | Garrett Augustus Morgan | 1912 |
| Golf tee (wooden) | Dr George F. Grant | 1899 (patent) |
| Hologram (principles of holography) | Dennis Gabor | 1947 (idea) |
| Kaleidoscope | Dr David Brewster | 1816 1817 (patent) |
| Liquid paper (typing correction fluid) | Bette Nesmith Graham | 1951 |
| Machine gun | Richard Jordan Gatling | 1862 |
| Metric system | French Academy of Sciences | 1791 (proposal) 1799 (standards adopted) |
| Metronome (pendulum) | Dietrich Nikolaus Winkel | 1810 |
| Microscope (compound) | Hans Janssen | 1590 |
| Miner's safety lamp | Sir Humphrey Davy | 1815 |
| Neon light | Georges Claude | 1910 |
| Nylon | Dr Wallace Carothers | 1938 |
| Paper clip | Johann Waaler | 1899 (patent) |
| Parking meter | Carlton C. Magee | 1932 (patent) |
| Phonograph (commercial) | Thomas Alva Edison | 1878 (patent) |
| Photograph (first) | Joseph Niepce | 1826 |
| Photographic film (using celluloid) | George Eastman | 1889 |
| Reflecting Telescope | Isaac Newton | 1668 |
| Rubber (Vulcanised) | Charles Goodyear | 1839 1844 (patent) |
| Rubber (waterproof) | Charles Macintosh | 1823 (patent) |
| Saxophone | Antoine Joseph Sax | 1844 1846 (patent) |
| Swiss Army knife | Karl Elsener | 1891 |
| Telescope | Hans Lippershey Galileo Galilei made his own and used it in 1609 |
1608 |
| Tranquiliser dart gun | Colin Murdoch (NZ) | 1950s |
| Typewriter | William A Burt | 1829 (US patent) |
| Typewriter (electric) | Dr Thaddeus Cahill | 1901 |
| Walkman | Akio Morita | 1979 |