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1. What firearm was invented by Richard Gatling in 1862?

2. Who is credited with the invention of the phonograph?

3. What popular photographic work did Edwin Land bring forward in 1947?

4. Clothing received an outstanding change with this creation made by Whitcomb Judson in 1891. It affected how we dressed and clothing's appearance. Name it.

5. What presentation is credited to Alexander Bell?

6. What invention of Elisha Otis gave us quite a lift?

7. What invention was presented by Galileo Galilei in 1592?

8. What founder of an international award program invented dynamite and other explosives?

9. Who invented the radio in 1895?

10. Name the experimenter who invented the lightning conductor in 1752.

Answers

1. Gatling invented the machine gun.

2. Thomas Edison invented the first phonograph that played cylindrical records.

3. The Polaroid was created by Land.

4. Judson gave us the zipper.

5. Bell rang in the telephone in 1876.

6. Otis brought out the elevator in 1852.

7. Galileo invented the thermometer.

8. Alfred Nobel, who invented explosives and then lamented what he felt was their misuse, established the famed Nobel Prize program of international awards.

9. The radio was invented by Guglielmo Marconi in 1895.

10. Benjamin Franklin was the kite-flying lightning examiner.

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