Inventions, inventors, year and country- Part 3


FRANCE

1785  
Parachute
F.Blanchard
1819 
Stethoscope
Laennec
1826
Camera (Photographic) 
Joseph Nippce
1837
Photography, Black & White

Louis Daguerre
1852
Gyroscope
L.Foucalt
1891
Photography, Colour
Lippman
1931
Cement,Portland
Henri Chretien

ITALY

1285
Spectacles (Curved glass)
Salvino Armado
1609
Telescope
Galiles
1643
Barometer
E.Torricelli
1860
Dynamo
Picinotti
1895
Radio
G.Marconi

SCOTLAND

1765
Steam Engine
James Watt
1842
Bicycle
Macmillan
1926
Television
John L.Baird

BRITAIN

1794
Ball-Bearing
Vanghan
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Radar
R.W.Watt

NETHERLANDS

1590
Microscope
Z.Jansen
1656
Clock, Pendulum
G.Huygens

UNITED KINGDOM

1700
Blast furnace
Abraham, Darby

SWEDEN

1866
Dynamite
Alfred Nobel

IRELAND

1888
Pneumatic Tyre
Dunlop North

AUSTRIA

1893
Coke
oven Hoffman

ARGENTINA

1930
Ball Point Pen
Hoze Ladislao Biro

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