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| Zipper |
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Clothing fastening | Gideon Sundback |
A zipper (English: zip fastener or zip) is a popular device for temporarily joining two edges of fabric. It is used in clothing (e.g. jackets and jeans), luggage and other bag, sporting goods, camping gear (e.g., tent and sleeping bag), and other...
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| Snap fastener |
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Clothing fastening |
A snap fastener (also called snap, popper, and press stud) is a pair of interlocking discs commonly used in place of buttons to fasten clothing. A circular lip under one disc fits into a groove on the top of the other, holding them fast until a...
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| Button |
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Clothing fastening |
In clothing and fashion design, a button is a small plastic or metal disc- or knob-shaped, typically round, object usually attached to an article of clothing in order to secure an opening, or for ornamentation. Functional buttons work by slipping...
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| Eunicycle |
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Trevor Blackwell |
A Eunicycle is a computer controlled, partially self-balancing, motorized unicycle invented by Trevor Blackwell. It uses a computer control system similar to the one used by the Segway HT that servos its wheel to balance itself by keeping the...
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| Watt steam engine |
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The Watt steam engine was the first type of steam engine to make use of steam at a pressure just above atmospheric to drive the piston helped by a partial vacuum. Improving on the design of the 1712 Newcomen engine, the Watt steam engine, developed...
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| HPV vaccine | Condition prevention factors |
Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is a vaccine that targets certain sexually transmitted strains of human papillomavirus associated with the development of cervical cancer and genital warts. Two HPV vaccines are currently on the market: Gardasil...
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| Icy Ball |
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In the early part of the 20th century, it was thought that inexpensive refrigeration would be a great boon for mankind.IcyBall was a name given to two early refrigerator, one made by Australia Sir Edward Hallstrom in 1923, and the other design...
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| Fresno Scraper |
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The Fresno Scraper was invented in 1883 by the Scottish immigrant and entrepreneur James Porteous who, having worked with farmers in Fresno, California, had recognised the dependence of the Fresno Valley on irrigation and the requirement for a more...
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| Supertitle |
Surtitles, also known as supertitles, are translated or transcribed lyrics projected above a stage or displayed on a screen, commonly used in opera or other musical performances. The word "surtitle" comes from the French "sur", meaning "over" or "on...
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| Artificial pacemaker |
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A pacemaker (or artificial pacemaker, so as not to be confused with the heart's natural pacemaker) is a medical device which uses electrical impulses, delivered by electrode contacting the heart muscles, to regulate the beating of the heart. The...
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| Gauer Metal Products, Inc | Company |
Gauer Metal Products Inc. is a design and manufacturing company headquartered in Kenilworth, New Jersey, United States. The business was founded in 1946 by Walter W. Gauer.
Gauer Metal Products manufactures products ranging from: insert fireplaces...
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Input Method | Douglas Engelbart |
A computer input device that senses the two-dimensional displacemnt of a controlling hand.
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| Electrical generator |
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In electricity generation, an electrical generator is a device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy, generally using electromagnetic induction. The reverse conversion of electrical energy into mechanical energy is done by a motor,...
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| Jedlik's dynamo | Ányos Jedlik |
In 1827, Anyos Jedlik started experimenting with electromagnetic rotating devices which he called electromagnetic self-rotors. In the prototype of the single-pole electric starter (finished between 1852 and 1854) both the stationary and the...
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| Safety razor |
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King C. Gillette |
A safety razor is a razor where the skin is protected from all but the very edge of the blade.
These razors are referred to as "safety" razors as opposed to the straight razor which is sometimes referred to as a "cut-throat razor." It is often...
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| Xerography | Chester Carlson |
Xerography (or electrophotography) is a photocopying technique developed by Chester Carlson in 1938 and patent on October 6, 1942. He received for his invention. Although dry electrostatic printing processes had been invented as far back as 1778 by...
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| Phonograph |
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Thomas Edison |
The phonograph, or gramophone, was the most common device for playing recorded sound from the 1870s through the 1980s.
Usage of these terms is not uniform across the English-speaking world (see below). In more modern usage, this device is often...
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| Incandescent light bulb |
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Thomas Edison |
The incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe is a source of artificial light that works by incandescence, (a general term for heat-driven light emissions which includes the simple case of black body radiation). An...
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| Penicillin |
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Drug | Alexander Fleming | september 28th 1928 |
Penicillin (sometimes abbreviated PCN or pen) is a group of Beta-lactam antibiotic used in the treatment of bacteria infection caused by susceptible, usually Gram-positive, organisms. “Penicillin” is also the informal name of a specific member of...
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| Telephone |
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US Patent | Alexander Graham Bell |
The telephone (from the Greek words tele (τηλέ) = far and phone (φωνή) = voice) is a telecommunication device that is used to transmit and receive sound (most commonly speech), usually two people conversing but occasionally three or more. It is one...
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| Bélinographe | Édouard Belin | ||||
| Phonautograph | Leon Scott | ||||
| Franklin stove |
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Benjamin Franklin |
The Franklin stove (named after its inventor, Benjamin Franklin) is a metal-lined fireplace with baffle in the rear to improve the airflow, providing more heat and less smoke than an ordinary open fireplace. It is also known as the circulating stove...
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| Lightning rod |
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Benjamin Franklin |
A lightning rod (USA) or lightning conductor (UK) is a single component in a lightning protection system. In addition to rods placed at regular intervals on the highest portions of a structure, a lightning protection system typically includes a...
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| Bifocals |
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Benjamin Franklin |
Bifocals are eyeglasses whose corrective lens each contain regions with two distinct optical power. Bifocals are most commonly prescribed to people with presbyopia who also require a correction for myopia, hypermetropia, and/or astigmatism.
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| Hills Hoist |
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Lance Hill |
The Hills Hoist is an Australian version of the rotary clothes line, the distinguishing feature of which is a crown and pinion winding mechanism allowing the clothesline to be lowered and raised. The hoist mechanism was invented by Adelaide inventor...
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| Boyer–Moore string search algorithm | Algorithm | J Strother Moore |
The Boyer–Moore string search algorithm is a particularly efficient string searching algorithm, and it has been the standard benchmark for the practical string search literature. It was developed by Bob Boyer and J Strother Moore in 1977. The...
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| Suffix array | Udi Manber |
In computer science, a suffix array is an array giving the suffixes of a string in lexicographical order.
Consider the string "abracadabra", of length 11. It has eleven suffixes: "abracadabra", "bracadabra", "racadabra", and so on down to "a"....
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| Suffix tree |
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In computer science, a suffix tree (also called suffix trie, PAT tree or, in an earlier form, position tree) is a data structure that presents the suffixes of a given string in a way that allows for a particularly fast implementation of many...
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| Gore-Tex |
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Textile | Bill Gore |
GORE-TEX is a waterproof/breathable fabric and a registered trademark of W.L. Gore & Associates. It was co-invented by Wilbert L. Gore (1912-1986), Rowena Taylor, and Gore's son, Robert W. Gore for use in space. Robert Gore was granted on April...
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