Landmark inventions paired with their inventor and one key fact, for general interest and school reports.
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- Who invented the telephone?
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Alexander Graham Bell
- Thomas Edison developed the practical...
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Incandescent light bulb
- What invention did the Wright Brothers pioneer?
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The airplane
- Johannes Gutenberg invented...
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The printing press
- Who created the telescope?
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Hans Lippershey
- Antonie van Leeuwenhoek is known for...
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The microscope
- James Watt improved the...
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Steam engine
- What did Alessandro Volta invent?
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The electric battery (Volta cell)
- Wilhelm Röntgen discovered...
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X-rays
- Who discovered penicillin?
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Alexander Fleming
- Edward Jenner developed...
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Vaccination (against smallpox)
- Samuel Morse invented the...
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Telegraph
- Who developed early photography?
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Louis Daguerre
- Nikola Tesla is famous for...
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The electric motor
- Who invented the radio?
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Guglielmo Marconi