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Light Bulb

Thomas Edison, 1879

Telephone

Alexander Graham Bell, 1876

Airplane

Wright Brothers, 1903

World Wide Web

Tim Berners-Lee, 1989

Printing Press

Johannes Gutenberg, mid-15th century

Automobile

Karl Benz, 1885

Television

John Logie Baird (mechanical), Philo Farnsworth (electronic), 1920s

Penicillin

Alexander Fleming, 1928

Steam Engine

James Watt, 1776

Computer

Charles Babbage, 19th century

Dynamite

Alfred Nobel, 1867

Refrigerator

Carl von Linde, 1876

Polio Vaccine

Jonas Salk, 1955

Camera

Johann Zahn, 1685

Microscope

Zacharias Janssen, late 16th century

Battery

Alessandro Volta, 1800

Stethoscope

René Laënnec, 1816

Electric Motor

Michael Faraday, 1821

Radio

Guglielmo Marconi, 1895

Sewing Machine

Elias Howe, 1846

Incandescent Light Bulb

Thomas Edison, 1879

Helicopter

Igor Sikorsky, 1939

Submarine

Cornelius Drebbel, 1620

Telegraph

Samuel Morse, 1837

Vaccine

Edward Jenner, 1796

Rubber Vulcanization

Charles Goodyear, 1839

Zipper

Whitcomb L. Judson, 1893

Photographic Film

George Eastman, 1885

Bluetooth Technology

Ericsson, 1994

Atomic Bomb

J. Robert Oppenheimer and Manhattan Project Team, 1945

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