Who is credited with inventing the practical incandescent light bulb?
A.Thomas Edison
Inventors and Inventions
Test your knowledge of who invented what. From the light bulb to the World Wide Web.
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Who invented the telephone?
C.Alexander Graham Bell
Who invented the first successful powered airplane?
A.Wilbur and Orville Wright
Who invented the printing press with movable type in Europe?
B.Johannes Gutenberg
Who is credited with inventing the first practical automobile (gasoline)?
A.Karl Benz
Who invented the radio (wireless telegraphy)?
C.Guglielmo Marconi
Who invented the phonograph?
A.Thomas Edison
Who invented the first successful steam engine (improved design that powered industry)?
A.James Watt
Who invented the telegraph and Morse code?
A.Samuel Morse
Who invented the first polio vaccine?
C.Jonas Salk
Who invented penicillin (discovered the antibiotic effect)?
B.Alexander Fleming
Who invented the mechanical reaper, revolutionizing agriculture?
B.Cyrus McCormick
Who invented the cotton gin?
D.Eli Whitney
Who invented the first practical sewing machine?
D.Elias Howe
Who invented the dynamo and made key contributions to electrical engineering?
A.Michael Faraday
Who invented the first successful steam locomotive?
C.George Stephenson
Who invented the World Wide Web?
D.Tim Berners-Lee
Who invented the first practical refrigerator (for home use)?
D.Fred W. Wolf (and others)
Who invented the first successful mechanical calculator?
D.Blaise Pascal
Who invented the first commercially successful typewriter?
C.Christopher Latham Sholes (QWERTY)
Who invented the first practical bicycle (with pedals)?
A.Pierre Michaux (and others)
Who invented the first successful electric battery?
A.Alessandro Volta
Who invented the first practical revolver?
C.Samuel Colt
Who invented the first practical safety elevator (with brake)?
D.Elisha Otis
Who invented the first successful mechanical reaper in the U.S.?
A.Cyrus McCormick