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Fascinating Facts about - Inventions And Inventors

This category is for fascinating facts about Inventions And Inventors. The sub-categories include - 17th Century - 18th Century - 19th Century - 20th Century.

 


Here is a random selection of fascinating facts about Inventions And Inventors.

19th Century - The Telephone

The telephone was invented in 1876 by Alexander Graham Bell.

17th Century - The Pendulum Clock

The pendulum clock was invented in the Netherlands by Christiaan Huygens in 1656.

20th Century - Laser

Lasers were invented in 1960 by Theodore Maiman. The name laser stands for 'light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation',

19th Century - Braille

Braille - which enables blind people to read was invented by Frenchman, Louis Braille around 1829.

20th Century - Detergents

The German chemist Fritz Gunther invented detergents in 1916.