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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Canadian Inventions?

Did you know that all of the  following are invented in Canada?
  • 5 Pin Bowling A truly Canadian sport invented by T.E. Ryan of Toronto in 1909[
  • Air-Conditioned Railway Coach Invented by Henry Ruttan in 1858
  • Anti-Gravity Suit Invented by Wilbur Rounding Franks in 1941, a suit for high altitude jet pilots
  • Automatic Foghorn The first steam foghorn was invented by Robert Foulis in 1859
  • Automatic Machinery Lubricator One of the many inventions invented by Elijah McCoy
  • Automatic Postal Sorter In 1957, Maurice Levy invented a postal sorter that could handle 200,000 letters an hour
  • Basketball Invented by James Naismith in 1891
  • Bone Marrow Compatibility Test Invented by Barbara Bain in 1960
  • Canada Dry Ginger Ale Invented in 1907 by John A. McLaughlin
  • Chocolate Nut Bar Arthur Ganong made the first nickel bar in 1910
  • Computerized Braille Invented by Roland Galarneau in 1972
  • Creed Telegraph System Fredrick Creed invented a way to convert Morse Code to text in 1900
  • Compound Steam Engine Invented by Benjamin Franklin Tibbetts in 1842
  • CPR Mannequin invented by Dianne Croteau in 1989
  • Electric Car Heater Thomas Ahearn invented the first electric car heater in 1890
  • Electric Cooking Range Thomas Ahearn invented the first in 1882
  • Electric Light Bulb Henry Woodward invented an electric light bulb in 1874 and sold the patent to Thomas Edison
  • Electron Microscope Eli Franklin Burton, Cecil Hall, James Hillier, Albert Prebus co-invented the electron microscope in 1937
  • Electric Organ Morse Robb of Belleville, Ontario, patented the world's first electric organ in 1928
  • Electric Streetcar John Joseph Wright invented an electric streetcar in 1883
    • Film Colourization Invented by Wilson Markle in 1983
    • Garbage Bag (polyethylene) Invented by Harry Wasylyk in 1950
    • Goalie Mask Invented by Jaques Plante in 1960
    • Gramophone Co-invented by Alexander Graham Bell & Emile Berliner in 1889
    • Green Ink Currency ink invented by Thomas Sterry Hunt in 1862
    • Heart Pacemaker Invented by Dr. John A. Hopps in 1950
    • IMax Movie System Co-invented in 1968 by Grahame Ferguson, Roman Kroitor, and Robert Kerr
    • Instant Mashed Potatos Dehydrated potato flakes were invented by Edward A. Asselbergs in 1962
    • Insulin Process Fredrick Banting, J. J. Macleod, Charles Best and Collip invented the process for insulin in 1922
    • JAVA Software programming language invented by James Gosling in 1994
    • Jetliner The first commercial jetliner to fly in North America was designed by James Floyd in 1949. The first test flight of the Avro Jetliner was on August 10 1949.
    • Jolly Jumper Baby's delight invented by Olivia Poole in 1959
    • Kerosene Invented by Doctor Abraham Gesner in 1846
    • Lawn Sprinkler Another invention made by Elijah McCoy
    • Light Bulb Leads Leads made of nickel & iron alloy were invented by Reginald A. Fessenden in 1892
    • Marquis Wheat Invented by Sir Charles E. Saunders in 1908
    • McIntosh Apple Invented by John McIntosh in 1796
    • Music Synthesizer Invented by Hugh Le Caine in 1945
    • Newsprint Invented by Charles Fenerty in 1838
    • Odometer Invented by Samuel McKeen in 1854
    • Paint Roller invented by Norman Breakey of Toronto in 1940
    • Plexiglas Polymerized Methyl Methacrylate invented by William Chalmers in 1931
    • Polypump Liquid Dispenser Harold Humphrey made pumpable liquid hand soap possible in 1972
    • Portable Film Developing System Invented by Arthur Williams McCurdy in 1890, but he foolishly sold the patent to George Eastman in 1903
    • Potato Digger Invented by Alexander Anderson in 1856
    • Process to Extract Helium from Natural Gas Invented by Sir John Cunningham McLennan in 1915
    • Prosthetic Hand An electric prosthetic invented by Helmut Lucas in 1971
    • Quartz Clock Warren Marrison developed the first quartz clock
    • R-Theta Navigation System Invented by J.E.G. Wright in 1958
    • Radio-Transmitted Voice Invented by Reginald A. Fessenden in 1904
    • Railway Car Brake Invented by George B. Dorey in 1913
    • Railway Sleeper Car Invented by Samuel Sharp in 1857
    • Robertson Screw Invented by Peter L. Robertson in 1908
    • Rotary Blow Molding Machine Plastic bottle maker invented by Gustave Côté in 1966
    • Rotary Railroad Snowplow Invented by J.E. Elliott in 1869
    • Rubber Shoe Heels Elijah McCoy patented an important improvement to rubber heels in 1879
    • Safety Paint A high reflectivity paint invented by Neil Harpham in 1974
    • Screw Propeller Ship's propeller invented by John Patch in 1833
    • Silicon Chip Blood Analyzer Invented by Imants Lauks in 1986
    • Snowblower Invented by Arthur Sicard in 1925
    • Snowmobile Invented by Joseph-Armand Bombardier in 1958
    • Standard Time Invented by Sir Sanford Fleming in 1878
    • Stereo-orthography Map Making System Invented by T.J. Blachut, Stanley Collins in 1965
    • Superphosphate Fertilizer Invented by Thomas L. Wilson in 1896
    • Synthetic Sucrose Invented by Dr. Raymond Lemieux in 1953
    • Television System Reginald A. Fessenden patented a television system in 1927
    • Television Camera Invented by F. C. P. Henroteau in 1934
    • Telephone Invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876
    • Telephone Handset Invented by Cyril Duquet in 1878
    • Tone-to-Pulse Converter Invented by Michael Cowpland in 1974
    • Trivial Pursuit Invented in 1979 by Chris Haney and Scott Abbott
    • Tuck-Away-Handle Beer Carton Invented by Steve Pasjac in 1957
    • Undersea Telegraph Cable Invented by Fredrick Newton Gisborne in 1857
    • UV-degradable Plastics Invented by Dr. James Guillet in 1971
    • Variable Pitch Aircraft Propeller Invented by Walter Rupert Turnbull in 1922
    • Walkie-Talkie Invented by Donald L. Hings in 1942
    • Wireless Radio Invented by Reginald A. Fessenden in 1900
    • Wirephoto Edward Samuels Rogers invented the first in 1925
    • Zipper Invented by Gideon Sundback in 1913

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