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20 Amazing Inventions

Inventions have changed the world and the lives of people many times

through history. Sometimes through dedicated research, other times
through necessity and still other times by accident.

Read the information about some eminent scientists and enrich your

knowledge.

1901 1902 1903 1910

MG Marconi sent his Willis Haviland Wright brothers, Thomas Edison
first radio communi- Carrier invented the Wilbur and Orville demonstrated the
cation across the air conditioner. invented the first first talking motion
Atlantic Ocean from gas-motored and picture.
England to Canada. manned airplane.

1925 1928 1933 1937

Television was Scottish biologist, Frequency The first
invented by John Alexander Fleming Modulation (FM photocopier was
Logie Baird. discovered radio) was invented invented by Chester
penicillin. by Edwin Howard F. Carlson.
Armstrong.

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Vinton G. Cerf founded the inter Networking Group in 1972. And this has since been
recognised as the birth year of the internet.

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