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- INVENTIONS AND INVENTORS
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- a tileset for Nels Anderson's MAHJONGG
-
- BY: CHARLIE PETERSON
-
- October 27, 1991
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-
- I take no responsibility for these tiles being historically
- accurate. I found the information in an almanac, but who knows if
- it is actually correct. I have taken the liberty of using a more
- modern form of the invention in cases where the original may not be
- recognizable.
-
- The following description is included in case you cannot make out
- the pictures on the tiles.
-
- 1: BALL-POINT PEN, 1888. Inventor: John J. Loud (U.S.).
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- 2: RECORD (long-playing), 1948. Inventor: Dr. Peter Goldmark
- (U.S.).
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- 3: BIFOCAL LENS, 1780. Inventor: Benjamin Franklin (1706-90)
- (U.S.).
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- 4: BICYCLE, 1839-40. Inventor: Kirkpatrick Macmillan (Scot.)
- (1810-78).
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- 5: MICROPHONE, 1876. Inventor: Alexander Graham Bell (U.S.)
- (1847-1922).
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- 6: PARKING METER, 1935. Inventor: Carlton C. Magee (U.S.).
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- 7: SAFETY PIN, 1849. Inventor: Walter Hunt (U.S.).
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- 8: RAZOR (safety), 1895. Inventor: King C. Gillette (U.S.).
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- 9: STETHOSCOPE, 1837. Inventor: Rene Laennec (Fr.).
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- 10: LIGHTNING CONDUCTOR, 1752. Inventor: Benjamin Franklin
- (U.S.) (1706-90).
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- 11: THERMOMETER, 1593. Inventor: Galileo Galilei (It.)
- (1564-1642).
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- 12: ZIPPER, 1891. Inventor: Whitcomb L. Judson (U.S.).
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- 13: FILM (moving outlines), 1885. Inventor: Louis le Prince
- (Fr.).
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- 14: LOUDSPEAKER, 1900. Inventor: Horace Short (G.B.).
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- 15: NEON LAMP, 1910. Inventor: Georges Claude (Fr.)
- (1871-1960).
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- 16: NYLON, 1937. Inventor: Dr. Wallace H. Carothers (U.S.)
- (1896-1937) at Du Pont Labs, Seaford, Delaware.
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- 17: BALLOON, 1783. Inventors: Jacques (1745-99) and Joseph
- Montgolfier (Fr.) (1740-1810).
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- 18: TELEPHONE, 1876. Inventor: Alexander Graham Bell (U.S.)
- (1847-1922).
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- 19: FILM (Musical Sound), 1923. Inventor: Dr. Lee de Forest
- (U.S.).
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- 20: X-RAY, 1895. Inventor: Wilhelm von Rontgen (Ger.).
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- 21: CLOCK, (pendulum), 1656. Inventor: Christaan Huygens (Neth.)
- (1629-95).
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- 22: ELECTRIC LAMP, 1879. Inventor: Thomas Alva Edison (U.S.)
- (1847-1931).
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- 23: CARPET SWEEPER, 1876. Inventor: Melville R. Bissell (U.S.).
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- 24: ELECTRIC FLAT IRON, 1882. Inventor: H.W. Seeley (U.S.).
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- 25: REFRIGERATOR, 1850. Inventor: James Harrison (G.B.) and
- Alexander Catlin Twining (U.S.).
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- 26: PARACHUTE, 1797. Inventor: Andre-Jacques Garnerin (Fr.)
- (1769-1823).
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- 27: SUBMARINE, 1776. Inventor: David Bushnell (U.S.).
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- 28: TELEVISION, 1926. Inventor: John Logie Baird (G.B.)
- (1888-1946).
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- 29: TELESCOPE, 1608. Inventor: Hans Lippershey (Neth.).
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- 31: ELEVATOR, 1852. Inventor: Elisha G. Otis (U.S.) (1811-61).
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- 32: AUTOMOBILE (gasoline), 1888. Inventor: Karl Benz (Ger.)
- (1844-1929).
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- 32: HELICOPTER, 1924. Inventor: Etienne Oehmichen (Fr.).
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- 33: PHONOGRAPH, 1878. Inventor: Thomas Alva Edison (U.S.)
- (1847-1931).
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- 34: MATCH (safety), 1826. Inventor: John Walker (G.B.).
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