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No.	Year	Invention	Inventor	Country
01	1285	Spectacles (Curved glass)	Salvino Armado	Italy
02	1450	Printing Press	Caxton	Germany
03	1500	Watch (Main Spring)	Peter Henlein	Germany
04	1590	Microscope	Z.Jansen	Netherlands
05	1609	Telescope	Galiles	Italy
06	1643	Barometer	E.Torricelli	Italy
07	1650	Air Pump	Von Guerick	Germany
08	1656	Clock, Pendulum	G.Huygens	Netherlands
09	1700	Blast furnace	Abraham, Darby	United Kingdom
10	1714	Thermometer, Mercuric	G.D.Fahrenheit	Germany
11	1765	Steam Engine	James Watt	Scotland
12	1767	Spinning Jenny	J.Harg reeves	England
13	1780	Watch (Self winding)	Lewis Recordon	England
14	1783	Baloon	Montgolfier Bros.	France
15	1785	Parachute	F.Blanchard	France
16	1793	Cotton Gin	Eli Whitney	U.S.A.
17	1794	Ball-Bearing	Vanghan	Britain
18	1801	Locomotive, Steam	R.Trevithick	England
19	1803	Steamboat	Robert Fulton	U.S.A.
20	1816	Safety Lamp	Sir HDTV	England
21	1819	Stethoscope	Laennec	France
22	1825	Railroad (Steam)	G.Stephenson	England
23	1825	Electro-Magnet	W.Sturgeon	England
24	1826	Camera (Photographic)	Joseph Nippce	France
25	1827	Match Friction	John Walker	England
26	1831	Electric Generator	Michael Faraday	England
27	1832	Telegraph	Samuel Morse	U.S.A.
28	1834	Refrigeration, Mechanical	Parkins	U.S.A.
29	1834	Reaper	C.McCormick	U.S.A.
30	1835	Revolver	Colt	U.S.A.
31	1837	Photography, Black & White	Louis Daguerre	France
32	1837	Kaleidoscope	David Brewster	England
33	1839	Rubber, Vulcanized	G.Goodyear	U.S.A.
34	1842	Bicycle	Macmillan	Scotland
35	1845	Cinemascope	Aspdin	England
36	1849	Safety Pin	Walter Hunt	U.S.A.
37	1852	Gyroscope	L.Foucalt	France
38	1855	Stove (gas)	Robert Bunsen	Germany
39	1856	Converter	Sir H.Bessemer	England
40	1857	Elevator, Passenger	E.G.Otis	U.S.A.
41	1859	Spectroscope	Bunsen	Germany
42	1860	Dynamo	Picinotti	Italy
43	1861	Machine Gun	R.J.Gatting	U.S.A.
44	1866	Torpedo	Whitehead	England
45	1866	Dynamite	Alfred Nobel	Sweden
46	1866	Sewing Machine	Elias Howe	U.S.A.
47	1868	Typewriter	Cashless	U.S.A.
48	1868	Air-Brake for railroads	G.Westinghouse	U.S.A.
49	1869	Plastic (Celluloid)	John W. Hyatt	U.S.A.
50	1870	Celluloid	John W.Hyatt	U.S.A.
51	1876	Telephone	A.Graham Bell	U.S.A.
52	1876	Gas Engine	Nikolaus Otto	Germany
53	1876	Cash Register	James Ritty	U.S.A.
54	1877	Phonograph	T.A.Edison	U.S.A.
55	1877	Microphone	Berliner	U.S.A.
56	1879	Incandescent Lamp	T.A.Edison	U.S.A.
57	1879	Electric Lamp	T.A.Edison	U.S.A.
58	1879	Carburetor	G.Daimler	Germany
59	1883	Rayon	Swan	England
60	1884	Fountain Pen	L.E.Waterman	U.S.A.
61	1885	Motor Cycle	G.Daimler	Germany
62	1885	Automobile	Karl Benz	Germany
63	1885	Linotype	O.Mergenthaler	U.S.A.
64	1885	Internal Combustion Engine	G.Daimler	Germany
65	1885	Adding Machine	Burroughs	U.S.A.
66	1886	Electric Fan	Schuyler S. Wheeler	U.S.A.
67	1887	Gramophone	Berliner	U.S.A.
68	1888	Pneumatic Tyre	Dunlop	North Ireland
69	1888	Kodak	George Eastman	U.S.A.
70	1891	Zipper	W.L.Judson	U.S.A.
71	1891	Photography, Colour	Lippman	France
72	1892	Thermos Flask	J.Dewar	England
73	1892	Electric Motor A.C.	Nicola Tesla	U.S.A.
74	1893	Projector	T.A.Edison	U.S.A.
75	1893	Coke oven	Hoffman	Austria
76	1893	Addressograph	J.S.Duncan	U.S.A.
77	1895	Slot Machine	Charles Fey	U.S.A.
78	1895	Radio	G.Marconi	Italy
79	1895	X-ray Machine	W.K.Roentgen	Germany
80	1895	Diesel Engine	Rudolf Diesel	Germany
81	1900	Tractor Caterpillar	B.Holt	U.S.A.
82	1903	Aeroplane	Wright Brothers	U.S.A.
83	1905	Gyro Compass	E.A.Sperry	U.S.A.
84	1907	Vacuum Tube	Lee de Forest	U.S.A.
85	1907	Bakelite	L.H.Backeland	U.S.A.
86	1911	Hydroplane	Glen Curtiss	U.S.A.
87	1911	Air-conditioning	W.H.Carrier	U.S.A.
88	1913	Stainless Steel	Harry Brearley	England
89	1914	Tank, Military	E.Swinton	England
90	1918	Rifle, automatic	John M.Browning	U.S.A.
91	1919	Motor Scooter	Greville Bradshaw	England
92	1923	Iconoscope	Zworykin	U.S.A.
93	1924	Loudspeaker	Pin-Kellogg	U.S.A.
94	1925	Quick Freezing of Food	Birdseye	U.S.A.
95	1926	Television	John L.Baird	Scotland
96	1929	Rocket, Liquid Fuel	R.H.Goddard	U.S.A.
97	1895	Safety Razor	Gillette	U.S.A.
98	1930	Jet Propulsion	Sir Frank Whittle	England
99	1930	Ball Point Pen	Hoze Ladislao Biro	Argentina
100	1930	Computer (Analog)	Vennevar Bush	U.S.A.
101	1931	Cyclotron	E.O.Lawrence	U.S.A.
102	1931	Cement, Portland	Henri Chretien	France
103	1944	Computer (Digital)	Howard Aiken	U.S.A.
104	1947	Transistor	Bardeen, Shockley, Brattain	U.S.A.
105	1960	Laser	T.H.Mainman	U.S.A.
106	-	Seismograph	Robert Mallet	-
107	-	Hovercraft	Cockrell	-
108	-	Submarine	Bushnell	-
109	-	Radar	R.W.Watt	Britain
110	-	Teleprinter	Bandot and Halseke	-
111	-	Helicopter	Brequet	-
112	-	Crescograph	J.C.Bose	India