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    Krisidious
    last edited by 11 Feb 2008, 17:24

    I might play with that mouse and read those quips all night long... lol

    By: Kristoff Rand
    Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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      Alan Fraser
      last edited by 11 Feb 2008, 17:25

      My favourite 5? The modern flushing toilet...who cares whether it's a vortex or not. πŸ˜‰ The steam engine. Railways. The electric motor. Antibiotics.

      BTW. did you know that the first manned, powered, controlled, heavier-than-air flight was in Sheffield in 1848? The only trouble was that it used a steam engine, as the internal combustion engine hadn't been invented, so it's development potential was rather limited.

      Here's a few varied and mildly interesting Liverpool World records...mostly achievements rather than inventions.

      First Grammar School (1522)
      First recorded cargo from America (1648)
      First lending library (1758)
      First lighthouse to use parabolic reflectors (1763)
      First public use of Ether as an anaesthetic (1776)
      First US consul...James Maury (1790)
      First School for the Blind (1791)
      First School for the Deaf (1825)
      First public railway...and fatality (1830)
      First scheduled transatlantic service (1840)
      SPCA, later RSPCA founded (1841)
      First Medical Officer of Health (1847)
      First Rugby Club (1857)
      Received the surrender of the last Confederate ship, CSS Shenandoah (1865)
      (Liverpool had built quite a few of them...like the CSS Alabama)
      First under-river railway tunnel (1886)
      First overhead electric railway (1893)
      First automatic telephone exchange (1912)
      First lighthouse equipped with radar (1947)
      First bank to use a computer (1960)
      First police force to use CCTV (1964)

      3D Figures
      Were you required to walk 500 miles? Were you advised to walk 500 more?
      You could be entitled to compensation. Call the Pro Claimers now!

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        Daniel
        last edited by 11 Feb 2008, 17:25

        From the USA:
        The skyscraper
        The elevator
        air conditioning
        Rock-n-Roll

        last but not least....SketchUp!

        My avatar is an anachronism.

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          Shaun Tennant
          last edited by 11 Feb 2008, 17:26

          Canada- Invented Alex Trebek

          Whether they find a life there or not, I think Jupiter should be called an enemy planet.

          • Jack Handey
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            Will03
            last edited by 11 Feb 2008, 17:26

            I was pretty sure hes a cyborg...

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              boofredlay
              last edited by 12 Feb 2008, 10:17

              @shaun tennant said:

              Canada- Invented Alex Trebek.

              πŸ˜†

              Ohhhh. Let me catch my breath. Hmmm.

              Ok.

              Another for the USA, DISC GOLF

              http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                John Sayers
                last edited by 12 Feb 2008, 10:17

                Australia has made it's mark in a few areas.

                1. the Ute (1934), known in the US as a pickup.
                2. the IVF freeze-thaw method for storing embryos (1983.
                3. anti-counterfeiting technology for banknotes (1992).
                4. Penicillin (1944)'s antibiotic properties were discovered and developed by Australian Howard Florey.
                5. the plastic disposable syringe (1949).
                6. ultrasound (1976), pioneered in Australia
                7. black box flight recorders (1961)
                8. Racecam TV sport coverage (1979).

                When I was at boarding school in New Zealand I spend a sunday playing around in the prototype of what became The Hamilton Jet Boat and later the Jet Ski.

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                  Krisidious
                  last edited by 12 Feb 2008, 10:17

                  1. the Ute (1934), known in the US as a pickup.

                  I knew there was a reason I loved Australia...

                  By: Kristoff Rand
                  Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                    sorgesu
                    last edited by 12 Feb 2008, 10:19

                    Ohh, this is right up my alley. I specialized in weird topics for my oral speeches in high school: I did one on the history of the toilet:
                    the first flush was over 2000 years ago in Crete:

                    The Brassiere is named after Phillipe de Brassiere but he never patented it and the patent instead went to an engineer named Otto Titzling. (watch how you pronounce that) His marketing managaer was Hans Delving. (never mind)

                    I did onE on the history of Swearing too, shall I get started?

                    Susan Sorger
                    Former Seller Hand Rendered Entourage
                    Former Canadian Authorized Training Centre, SketchUp

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                      boofredlay
                      last edited by 12 Feb 2008, 10:19

                      Hell yeah.

                      http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                        Ross Macintosh
                        last edited by 12 Feb 2008, 10:19

                        Canadians Frederick Banting & Charles Best discovered insulin in 1922. Estimates show there are more than 15 million diabetics living today who would have died at an early age without insulin.

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                          sorgesu
                          last edited by 12 Feb 2008, 10:21

                          YOu asked for it "Gadzooks" (God's Hooks), "sblood" (God's blood)

                          A CURSE: "may you grow like an onion, with your head in the ground"

                          Susan Sorger
                          Former Seller Hand Rendered Entourage
                          Former Canadian Authorized Training Centre, SketchUp

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                            tomsdesk
                            last edited by 12 Feb 2008, 10:21

                            Kansas City inventions include:

                            Teflon, Eskimo Pie, M&M candy coating, the jazz jam session, the swing sound in jazz music, Wishbone salad dressing, the McDonald's Happy Meal, the multi-screen theater concept.

                            Proud of:

                            That "melts in your mouth, not in your hands" coating it pretty amazing...and tasty!

                            http://www.tomsdesk.moonfruit.com/
                            2.5D Trees & Shrubs!

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                              Anssi
                              last edited by 12 Feb 2008, 10:21

                              Inventions claimed to be Finnish:
                              Sauna
                              Women's right to vote (1906)
                              The Molotov Cocktail
                              The mobile phone (Nokia is a Finnish company that originally made rubber boots and car tyres)

                              Anssi

                              securi adversus homines, securi adversus deos rem difficillimam adsecuti sunt, ut illis ne voto quidem opus esset

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                                Will03
                                last edited by 12 Feb 2008, 10:23

                                Tom,

                                I hate to correct you, but the multiplex is a Canadian invention...
                                http://www.histori.ca/minutes/minute.do?id=10229

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                                  Daniel Bouchard
                                  last edited by 12 Feb 2008, 10:24

                                  Other canadians inventions;

                                  • Lightbulb (first patented) - Henry Woodward (1874)
                                  • Garbage bag (green plastic) - Harry Wasyluk and Larry Hanson (1950s)
                                  • Snowblower - Arthur Sicard (1927)
                                  • Snowmobile - Joseph-Armand Bombardier (1937)
                                  • Anti-Gravity Suit Invented by Wilbur Rounding Franks in 1941
                                  • Electric Car Heater - Thomas Ahearn invented the first electric car heater in 1890
                                  • Kerosene Invented by Doctor Abraham Gesner in 1846
                                  • Music Synthesizer Invented by Hugh Le Caine in 1945
                                  • Walkie-Talkie Invented by Donald L. Hings in 1942
                                  • Wireless Radio Invented by Reginald A. Fessenden in 1900

                                  and one of the best!

                                  • zipper - Invented by Gideon Sundback (1913)

                                  And I think then all of these inventors was under 14 years old!!! πŸ˜† πŸ˜† πŸ˜†

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                                    tomsdesk
                                    last edited by 12 Feb 2008, 10:25

                                    Will, I stand corrected...

                                    "North America's first two-screen theatre, The Elgin Theatre was created in 1957 by Nat Taylor in Ottawa, Ontario, when he expanded the 20 year old facility. Taylor is credited as inventor of the multiplex or cineplex, and later founded the Cineplex Odeon Corporation, opening the 18-screen Toronto Eaton Centre Cineplex, the world's largest at the time.[1]

                                    Stanley Durwood of American Multi-Cinema (now AMC Theatres) pioneered what would become the multiplex in 1963 after realizing that he could operate several attached auditoriums with the same staff needed for one through careful management of the start times for each movie."

                                    ...sorta. (I actually thought I'd get static about the Happy Meal, so proud are we :`)

                                    http://www.tomsdesk.moonfruit.com/
                                    2.5D Trees & Shrubs!

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                                      Gaieus
                                      last edited by 12 Feb 2008, 10:26

                                      Some inventions by Hungarians (not all developed in Hungary - we all know of "brain-draining"...)

                                      • safety matches
                                      • dinamo
                                      • carburator
                                      • soda water
                                      • helicopter
                                      • ball pen
                                      • the basics of modern informatics (computering)
                                      • vitamine C
                                      • the "BASIC" progamming language
                                      • diesel and gas turbines
                                      • the "Zeppelin"
                                      • the nuclear reactor and later - though in "team work" - the atomic &hydrogene bombs (well, not to be very proud - or at least happy - of/with it...)
                                      • the automatic telephone centre
                                      • stereo radio broadcasting
                                      • transformator (among others)
                                      • micro-groove record player
                                      • holography
                                      • and last but not lest: the Rubic cube...

                                      Gai...

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                                        CadFather
                                        last edited by 12 Feb 2008, 10:26

                                        in italy we know the telephone was first 'conceived' by Antonio Meucci..very interesting.. look it up

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                                          Ross Macintosh
                                          last edited by 12 Feb 2008, 10:26

                                          Here's some more Canadian inventions:

                                          17-alpha-ethynyl-17-hydroxy-5(10)-estren-3-one: today known simply as "The Pill"
                                          Air-Conditioned Railway Coach: Henry Ruttan, 1858
                                          Abdominizer: (infomercial exercise device) Dennis Colonello, 1984
                                          A/C Radio Tube: Edward Samuels Rogers, 1925
                                          Automatic Foghorn: Robert Foulis, 1859
                                          Automatic Machinery Lubricator: Elijah McCoy
                                          Automatic Postal Sorter: (200,000 letters an hour) Maurice Levy, 1957
                                          Basketball: James Naismith, 1891
                                          Bone Marrow Compatibility Test: Barbara Bain, 1960
                                          Chocolate Bar: Arthur Ganong, 1910
                                          Computerized Braille: Roland Galarneau, 1972
                                          Creed Telegraph System: (Morse Code to text) Fredrick Creed, 1900
                                          Electric Cooking Range: Thomas Ahearn, 1882
                                          Electric Light Bulb: Henry Woodward invented the electric light bulb in 1874 then sold the patent to Thomas Edison
                                          Electron Microscope: Eli Franklin Burton, Cecil Hall, James Hillier, Albert Prebus, 1937
                                          Electric Organ: Morse Robb, 1928
                                          Electric Streetcar: John Joseph Wright, 1883
                                          Fathometer: (early sonar) Reginald A. Fessenden, 1919
                                          Film Colourization: Wilson Markle, 1983
                                          Goalie Mask: Jaques Plante, 1960
                                          Gramophone: Alexander Graham Bell & Emile Berliner, 1889
                                          Green Ink Currency ink: Thomas Sterry Hunt, 1862
                                          Half-tone Engraving: Georges Edouard Desbarats & William Augustus Leggo, 1869
                                          Heart Pacemaker: Dr.John A. Hopps, 1950
                                          Hydrofoil Boat: Alexander Graham Bell & Casey Baldwin, 1908
                                          Instant Mashed Potatos: Edward A. Asselbergs, 1962
                                          JAVA: (programming language) James Gosling, 1994
                                          Jetliner: The first commercial jetliner to fly in North America was designed by James Floyd in 1949.
                                          Jolly Jumper (Baby bungee jumping): Olivia Poole, 1959
                                          Music Synthesizer: Hugh Le Caine, 1945
                                          Newsprint: Charles Fenerty, 1838
                                          Odometer (mechanical): Samuel McKeen, 1854
                                          Paint Roller: Norman Breakey, 1940
                                          Plexiglas: William Chalmers, 1931
                                          Pumpable liquid hand soap system: Harold Humphrey, 1972
                                          Portable Film Developing System: Arthur Williams McCurdy, 1890 (McCurdy foolishly sold the patent to George Eastman in 1903)
                                          Process to Extract Helium from NG: Sir John Cunningham McLennan, 1915
                                          Quartz Clock: Warren Marrison
                                          R-Theta Navigation System: J.E.G. Wright, 1958
                                          Radio-Transmitted Voice: Reginald A. Fessenden, 1904
                                          Railway Car Brake: George B. Dorey, 1913
                                          Railway Sleeper Car: Samuel Sharp, 1857
                                          Plastic bottle Machine (Rotary Blow Molding): Gustave CΓ΄tΓ©, 1966
                                          Safety Paint: Neil Harpham, 1974
                                          Silicon Chip Blood Analyzer: Imants Lauks, 1986
                                          Standard Time: Sir Sanford Fleming, 1878
                                          Stereo-orthography Map Making: T.J. Blachut & Stanley Collins, 1965
                                          Superphosphate Fertilizer: Thomas L. Wilson, 1896
                                          Synthetic Sucrose: Dr. Raymond Lemieux, 1953
                                          Television System: Reginald A. Fessenden, 1927
                                          Television Camera: F. C. P. Henroteau, 1934
                                          Telephone Handset: Cyril Duquet, 1878
                                          Tuck-Away-Handle Beer Carton: Steve Pasjac, 1957
                                          Undersea Telegraph Cable: Fredrick Newton Gisborne, 1857
                                          UV-degradable Plastics: Dr. James Guillet, 1971
                                          Wirephoto (fax concept): Edward Samuels Rogers, 1925
                                          Pablum (baby food): Drs. A. Brown, F. Tisdall, & T. Drake, 1930s
                                          Superman: Joe Shuster & Jerome Siegel, 1938
                                          Panoramic Camera: John Connon, 1887
                                          Electric Wheelchair: George J. Klein
                                          Silicon Steel Alloy: Reginald A. Fessenden, 1892
                                          Alkaline Batteries & Lithium batteries: Lewis Frederick Urry, 1959
                                          Two-way transatlantic radio transmission: Reginald Fessenden, 1906
                                          Instant Replay (for televised sports): George Retzlaff, 1955

                                          plus the Dental Mirror, Tracer Bullets, Radio Compass, portable baby highchair, Yachtzee game, Trivial Pursuit game, Pictionary game, Balderdash game, Nursing Mother Breast Pads, helium as a substitute for hydrogen in airships, the first cardiac intensive care unit, and Margerine,

                                          And close to my heart...
                                          the yummy McIntosh Apple: developed by John McIntosh, 1796

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