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Famous Inventions

Given the invention and date, name the inventor
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Invention
Date
Inventor
1) Printing Press
1450
Johannes Gutenberg
2) AC induction motor
1888
Nikola Tesla
3) Basketball
1891
James Naismith
4) Telephone
1876
Alexander Graham Bell
5) Penicillin
1928
Alexander Fleming
6) Phonograph
1877
Thomas Edison
7) Lightning rod
1750
Benjamin Franklin
8) Assembly line
1913
Henry Ford
9) Peanut synthetics/
Jesup wagon
1890s-1906
George Washington Carver
10) Telegraph
1835
Samuel Morse
11) Powered airplane
1903
Wright Brothers
12) Cotton Gin
1793
Eli Whitney
13) Polio vaccine
1955
Jonas Salk
Invention
Date
Inventor
14) Pneumatic tire
1888
John Dunlop
15) Volleyball
1895
William Morgan
16) X Rays
1895
Wilhelm Rontgen
17) Polonium/Radium
1898
Marie Curie
18) Gas powered automobile
1885
Karl Benz
19) Braille system
1824
Louis Braille
20) Portable Fridge units
1940
Frederick Jones
21) Ironing Board
1892
Sarah Boone
22) Electronic TV
1928
Philo Farnsworth
23) Traffic signal
1923
Garrett Morgan
24) Revolver
1836
Samuel Colt
25) Windshield wipers
1903
Mary Anderson
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