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
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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