Inventors and Inventions: an alphabet

Macmillan, Kirkpatrick (Scotland) Bicycle 1839
Magee, Carlton (USA) Parking meter 1935
Marconi, Guglielmo (Italy) Radio 1895
McKay, Hugh Victor (Australia) Combine harvester 1887
Mege Mouries, Hippolyte (France) Margarine 1869

Meucci, Antonio (born in Italy) Telephone 1871 (Read about the Wright Brothers in kidcyber here)

Michelin, Andre and Edouard (France) Pneumatic car tyre 1895
Milne, John (UK) Seismograph 1880
Monier, Joseph (France) Reinforced concrete 1867
Montgolfier, Joseph and Jacques (France) Hot-air balloon 1783
Morse, Samuel (USA) Morse code 1844

Niepce, Joseph and Daguerre, Louis (France) Photography 1827
Nobel, Alfred (Sweden) Dynamite 1864
Gelignite 1875

Otis, Elisha (USA) Elevator 1854
Owen, Evelyn (Australia) Owen submachine-gun 1942

Pasteur, Louis (France) Pasteurisation 1862
Pemberton, John (USA) Coca-Cola 1886
Pontiatoff, Alexander M. (USA) Videotape 1956

Reno, J. (USA) Escalator 1894

Richardson, Mervyn Victor (Australia) Rotary lawn mower ('Victa') 1952 (Read about the Mervyn Richardson in kidcyber here)

Ridley, John (Australia) Wheat stripper harvesting machine 1843
Roberts, Edward (USA) First personal computer (Altair 8800) 1974
Rontgen, Wilhelm (Germany) X-rays 1895

Salk,Jonas (USA) Polio vaccine 1954
Sarich, Ralph (Australia) Orbital piston engine 1972
Sax, Antoine (Belgium) Saxophone 1846
Shepherd, George (Australia) Shepherd's castor 1944
Sholes, Christopher Latham (USA) Typewriter 1873
Smith, Robert Bowyer (Australia) Stump jump plough 1876
Sundback, Otto Frederick Gideon (Sweden) Zip 1914
Sutherland, Ivan (USA) Virtual reality 1965

Traeger, Alf (Australia) Pedal-powered radio 1929

Volta, Alessandro (Italy) Battery 1800
von Siemens, Werner (Germany) Electric tram car 1881

Walker, Fred (Australia) Vegemite 1923

Warren, David (Australia) Black Box flight recorder 1956 (Read about David Warren's invention in kidcyber here)

Watt, James (UK) Steam engine 1782
Whittle, Frank (UK) Jet engine 1928
Winzler, Zachaus Andreas (Austria) Gas cooker 1802

Wright, Orville and Wilbur (USA) Aeroplane 1903 (Read about the Wright Brothers in kidcyber here)

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