Inventions and Inventors

Invention- Inventor- Year Invented

Automobile- Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler- 1885
Barbie doll- Ruth Handler- 1959
Basketball game- James Naismith- 1891
Battery- Alessandro Volta- 1800
Blue jeans- Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis- 1873
Braille typewriter- Frank Haven Hall- 1892
Bubble gum- Walter Diemer- 1928
Bunsen burner- Robert Wilhelm Bunsen- 1855
Camera- Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre- 1837
Chewing gum- Thomas Adams- 1870
Coca-Cola- John Pemberton- 1886
Computers- Konrad Zuse- 1936
Cotton candy- William Morrison and John C Wharton- 1897
Cotton Gin- Eli Whitney- 1794
Dishwasher- Joel Houghton- 1850
Electric iron- Henry W Seeley- 1882
Escalator- Jesse W Reno- 1891
Fountain pen- Lewis E Waterman- 1884
Light Bulb (first electric light)- Humphry Davy- 1809
Light Bulb (first bulb that burned for forty hours)- Thomas Alva Edison- 1879
Paper clip- Johann Vaaler- 1890
Penicillin- Alexander Fleming- 1928
Potato chips- George Crum- 1853
Printing machine- Johannes Gutenberg- 1440
Refrigerator- Oliver Evans- 1805
Sewing Machine- Barthelemy Thimonnier- 1830
Steam Engine- James Watt- 1765
Telephone- Alexander Graham Bell- 1876
Television- Paul Nipkow- 1884
Toilet paper- Joseph Gayetty- 1857
Typewriter- Christopher Latham Sholes- 1867
Vacuum cleaner- John S Thurman- 1899
Zipper- Whitcomb L Judson- 1893