DISCOVERIES AND INVENTIONS
Who perfected the Remington typewriter? 1963.
Whose invention was the foundation of the wealth of the cotton-growing states? 2080.
For what is a telemeter used? 1833.
Who is the inventor of the gas motor? 740.
Whose invention was the starting point for our modern rifle? 1614.
When was gun cotton invented? 815.
What nation is thought to have invented gunpowder? 815.
What three important discoveries were made by means of the Coast Survey? 415.
When was the first microscope made? 1220.
When was nitroglycerine discovered? 1354.
What is the Nobel prize? 1354.
What doctor gave us the word "electric"? 596.
Who invented the linotype and monotype machines? 1962.
Who is undoubtedly the inventor of the telephone? 1884.
When were steel sewing needles first made? 1317.
Where are spectacles said to have been invented? 1793.
What electrical discoveries were made by Stephen Gray? 596.
What important improvements were made by Mr. Sprague in 1887 in electric railroads? 601-2.
What discovery of Witt's must rank as one of the important astronomical discoveries of recent years? 126.
What machine is based on the discoveries of Prof. Ferraris of Italy? 601.
What discovery did Copernicus make? 128.
Where was the first electric railway? 601.
Who invented the needle gun, and when? 553.
When was dynamite invented? 568.
What important discovery did Faraday make with electricity in 1831? 568.
Who invented the grand piano? 623.
Whose invention changed the navies and navigation of the world? 1913.
What art was invented by Senefelder? 1100.
Who built the first lifeboat? 1067.
Who designed the lifeboat, and when? 1067.
How old is the process of tanning skins, and where invented? 1043.
What is the earliest and simplest form of engraving, and by what country was it introduced? 2106.
How are depths of great bodies of water found? 1783.
When was the first typewriter invented? 1963.
Who invented printing with movable type? 817.
Who invented the process of puddling and rolling? 939.
What is the Bessemer process of making steel? 1820.
Who invented the power loom? 343.
When did balloons come into use? 19.
Who discovered the true cause of the tides, and how? 1911.
In what city have nails been manufactured for 300 years? 1298.
What is the origin of the telephone? 1884.
Who designed and built the first locomotive in America? 450.
Where were the first galley boats made? 455.
When was the first fountain pen used? 1443.
What led Edison to the discovery of the phonograph? 1474.
How was paper first made? 1417.
How is papier mache' made? 1418.
When and where was the first life-boat built? 1066-7.
How is parchment prepared? 1420.
What is the process of stereotyping? 1823.
Who invented the first steam hammer? 1817.
Who made the "Rocket" steam engine famous, and who was its builder? 1817.
Who invented the stereoscope? 1823.
When and by wh©m was stereotyping invented? 1823.
When and where was the first telegraph line laid successfully? 1267.
Who was the inventor of glass? 773.
What led to the invention of the spinning jenny? 838.
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