h2g2: Home of Inventors
Created | Updated Jan 4, 2015
Great inventions from the Edited Guide.
h2g2: Home of Inventors
Want to read about some great inventions of the past? Look no further: The Guide is a treasure trove of information!
Question for treasure hunters? Which one of these inventions garnered the Ig Nobel Prize – and fully deserved it?
- The Inventions of Thomas Alva Edison.
- Nicola Tesla.
- Henry Bessemer and the Development of Bulk Steelmaking.
- The Mosquito – Sonic Teenager Deterrent.
- The Birth of the Book: From Roll to Codex.
- Robert Wilhelm Bunsen (1811– 1899)
- A Brief History of Map-making.
- Staufen im Breisgau, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, and the Death of Faust.
- Safety Matches – a Story of Light and Dark.
- Hovercraft on the Isle of Wight, UK.
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