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Top 50 Inventions in History

Can you guess The Atlantic's top 50 greatest inventions in history since the wheel?
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Last updated: September 24, 2017
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Invention
Year
1
The Printing Press
1430s
2
Electricity
Late 19th Century
3
Penicillin
1928
4
Semiconductor Electronics
Mid-20th Century
5
Optical Lenses
13th Century
6
Paper
2nd Century
7
The Internal Combustion Engine
Late 19th Century
8
Vaccination
1796
9
The Internet
1960s
10
The Steam Engine
1712
11
Nitrogen Fixation
1918
12
Sanitation Systems
Mid-19th Century
13
Refrigeration
1850s
14
Gunpowder
10th Century
15
The Airplane
1903
16
The Personal Computer
1970s
17
The Compass
12th Century
18
The Automobile
Late 19th Century
19
Industrial Steelmaking
1850s
20
The Pill
1960
21
Nuclear Fission
1939
22
The Green Revolution
Mid-20th Century
23
The Sextant
1757
24
The Telephone
1876
25
Alphabetization
First Millenium B.C.
26
The Telegraph
1837
27
The Mechanized Clock
15th Century
28
Radio
1906
29
Photography
Early 19th Century
30
The Moldboard Plow
18th Century
31
Archimedes' Screw
3rd Century B.C.
32
The Cotton Gin
1793
33
Pasteurization
1863
34
The Gregorian Calendar
1582
35
Oil Refining
Mid-19th Century
36
The Steam Turbine
1884
37
Cement
First Millenium B.C.
38
Scientific Plant Breeding
1920s
39
Oil Drilling
1859
40
The Sailboat
4th Millenium B.C.
41
Rocketry
1926
42
Paper Money
11th Century
43
The Abacus
3rd Millenium B.C.
44
Air-Conditioning
1902
45
Television
Early 19th Century
46
Anesthesia
1846
47
The Nail
2nd Millenium B.C.
48
The Lever
3rd Millenium B.C.
49
The Assembly Line
1913
50
The Combine Harvester
1930s
panscedar
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Level 69
Sep 22, 2017
Very good quiz. May I suggest adding some additional type ins? For example, I guess contraceptives and birth control, but neither worked for "the pill".
johnsonncn5
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Sep 23, 2017
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