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INVENTIONS OF MAJOR SOCIETAL SIGNIFICANCE

(Selected by Panel of Students)

Invention Inventor Date Country

Bicycle K.D von Sauerbronn 1816 Germany


Bifocal lens Benjamin Franklin 1780 United States
Cathode-ray tube William Crookes 1878 England
Electric motor Michael Faraday 1822 England
Gyrocompass Elmer A. Sperry 1911 United States
Laser T. H. Naiman 1960 United States
Parachute L. S. Lenormand 1783 France
Radar R. A. Watson-Watt 1935 England
Safety pin Walter Hunt 1849 United States
Typewriter Henry Mill 1714 England

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