Tuesday, June 21, 2005 |
100 GREATEST INVENTIONS OF ALL TIME: A RANKING PAST TO PRESENT |
INVENTIONS THAT MADE THE WORLD MORE CONVENIENT TO LIVE IN:
1... Wheel ---------------------------- 51.. Thermometer. 2... Light Bulb ----------------------- 52.. Incubator. 3... Printing Press ------------------- 53.. CT Scan. 4... Telephone ------------------------ 54.. MRI. 5... Television ----------------------- 55.. Drywall. 6... Radio ---------------------------- 56.. Electric Motor. 7... Gunpowder ------------------------ 57.. Barbed Wire. 8... Desktop Computer ----------------- 58.. Condom. 9... Telegraph ------------------------ 59.. Telescope. 10.. Internal Combustion Engine ------- 60.. EKG Machine. 11.. Pen/Pencil ----------------------- 61.. Pacemaker. 12.. Paper ---------------------------- 62.. Kidney Dialysis Machine. 13.. Automobile ----------------------- 63.. Camera. 14.. Airplane ------------------------- 64.. Global Positioning System. 15.. Plow ----------------------------- 65.. Sewing Machine. 16.. Eyeglasses ----------------------- 66.. Film. 17.. Atomic Reactor ------------------- 67.. Spinning Jenny. 18.. Atomic Bomb ---------------------- 68.. Brick./ 19.. Colossus Computer ---------------- 69.. Motion Picture Camera. 20.. Toilet --------------------------- 70.. Dynamite. 21.. Rifle ---------------------------- 71.. Cannon. 22.. Pistol --------------------------- 72.. Balloon Framing. 23.. Plumbing ------------------------- 73.. Typewriter. 24.. Iton-to-Steel Process ------------ 74.. Diesel Engine. 25.. Wire ----------------------------- 75.. Triode Vacuum Tube. 26.. Transistor ----------------------- 76.. AC Induction Motor. 27.. Steam Engine --------------------- 77.. Helicopter. 28.. Sail ----------------------------- 78.. Calculator. 29.. Bow and Arrow -------------------- 79.. Flashlight. 30.. Welding Machine ------------------ 80.. Laser 31.. McCromick Reaper ----------------- 81.. Steamboat. 32.. Jet Engine ----------------------- 82.. Fax Machine. 33.. Locomotive ----------------------- 83.. Tank. 34.. Anesthesia ----------------------- 84.. Rocket. 35.. Battery -------------------------- 85.. Cotton Gin. 36.. Nail ----------------------------- 86.. Windmill. 37.. Screw ---------------------------- 87.. Submarine. 38.. X-Ray Machine -------------------- 88.. Paint. 39.. Compass -------------------------- 89.. Circuit Breaker. 40.. Wooden Ships --------------------- 90.. Washing Machine. 41.. Stethoscope ---------------------- 91.. Threshing Machine. 42.. Skycscraper ---------------------- 92.. Fire Extinguisher. 43.. Elevator ------------------------- 93.. Refrigerator. 44.. Clock ---------------------------- 94.. Oven. 45.. Chronometer ---------------------- 95.. Bicycle. 46.. Microscope ----------------------- 96.. Tape Recorder. 47.. Braile --------------------------- 97.. Oil Derrick. 48.. Radar ---------------------------- 98.. Fire Sprinklers 49.. Air Conditioning ----------------- 100. Video Recorder. 50.. Suspension Bridge
(abstracted from the book of the same title by: Tom Philbin) |
posted by infraternam meam @ 12:23 AM |
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