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Love,John Lee
Love's invention was the very simple and portable pencil sharpener that many artists use today.

Macintosh, Charles
Received a patent for a method for making waterproof garments by using rubber dissolved in coal-tar naphtha for cementing two pieces of cloth together. The mackintosh raincoat was named after Charles Macintosh.


Oh and Spicky me boy> The Discovery of Penicillin
Together, Alexander Fleming, Ernst Chain and Howard Florey discovered penicillin and its curative effect on infectious diseases.

Nobel, Alfred
Swedish chemist, engineer and the inventor of dynamite. In his last will, he used his enormous fortune to institute the Nobel Prizes. The synthetic element Nobelium was named after him.

Otto, Nicolaus (June 14, 1832 - January 26, 1891)

One of the most important landmarks in engine design comes from Nicolaus Otto who in 1876 invented an effective gas motor engine. Nicolaus Otto built the first practical four-stroke internal combustion engine called the "Otto Cycle Engine," and when he completed his engine, he built it into a motorcycle.

Polhem, Christopher. Father of the Swedish mecanism.

Übereil

No "Q" found.

Reno Jesse W.
In 1891, Jesse Reno created a new novelty ride at Coney Island. This lead to the invention of the escalator.

Shrapnel, Henry
Shrapnel is a type of antipersonnel projectile named after its famous inventor, Henry Shrapnel.

Tull, Jethro
Agricultural pioneer who invented the seed drill in 1701


I know that some Musicans, like Mick Jagger, are really old. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
But this is amazing <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

Umbrella
The Chinese invented the umbrella by waxing their made-for-the-sun paper parasols, to create rain protection.

P.S. could not find an inventor that starts with U so i did an invention instead, is that Ok with you lot?

Volta, Alessandro (1745-1827)
Invented the voltaic pile, a forerunner to the electric battery. The history of batteries.

You have forgot 3 letters, after z comes "å" "ä" and "Ö". Have no one read the swedish alphabet?? (except me)

Åsna=donkey

ängel=Angel

Ödla=lizard

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@ Singo
Maybe you should join our Swedish friend Übereill, he usually does the same as you did now! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/evilgrin1.gif" alt="" />

Walton Mary
Mary Walton invented several anti-pollution devices during the Industrial Revolution.

Aha .... i did not know, but i did know that he is from sweden <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

Wellcome to the English section <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wave.gif" alt="" />. I know these foreign pepole is a little stupid, but I tend to be patient and keep myself on their level on intelligence, if nothing else to keep them happy. Everythingh is so much nicer then.

Übereil

Okej, i see... Maby i can try the same <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" /> (how do you stand it? must be REALLY tuff.)
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No X found
Yokoi
Gumpei Yokoi was the creator of the Game Boy.

@ Üb
If you mean by "their level of intelligence", that we make as much mistakes in one sentences as you, then I would suggest you to take writing lessons <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/evilgrin1.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

@ Singo
Welcome at this part, and don't mind some of us, we like to be a bit of a pain... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/evilgrin1.gif" alt="" />

I have no choise! Since I don't have any friends, I have to stick to these or no one! Life is pain <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/puppyeyes.gif" alt="" />.

And Gal, spelling and writeing isn't the same thing <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />. My spelling might be poor (my English one at least, but that's just my second language), but according to my teachers my writingskills are exeptional!

Übereil

Zworykin, Vladimir
Pioneer of television technology; invented the iconoscope, a television transmitting tube, the kinescope, a cathode ray tube that projects pictures it receives onto a screen, an infrared image tube and helped develop an electron microscope.

Ubereil do you got "MVG" in English?? (or in which grade are you in? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" /> what the hell, I can't English <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" /> there are somting wrong about this. (the spelling!(writeing)))

whats the difrent betwine spelling and writeing?? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> is it like spelling is word for word (how they spells) , and writeing is how you put the words in a sentence togheter?