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WHO AM I? INVENTORS

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    INVENTORS
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  • I was born in the Austrian Empire in 1856 and emigrated to the U.S. in 1884. I invented fluorescent lighting, the alternating current (AC) system and a coil which carries my name that is still in use in radio and TV sets.
    Nikola Tesla
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  • What invention from Benjamin Franklin helped prevent building fires?
    lightening rod
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  • I invented a first-aid procedure for dislodging an obstruction from a person's windpipe in which a sudden strong pressure is applied on their abdomen
    THE HEIMLICH MANEUVER / HENRY JUDAH HEIMLICH
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  • I escaped Germany for Sweden in 1938 where I coined the term 'fission' after my nephew and I split the uranium nucleus. I have been called the 'woman behind the atomic bomb. By the way, I refused to work on the atomic bomb during WWII
    Lise Meitner
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  • I was born in Poland in 1867. My husband and I won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1903 for our discovery of radium. In 1911 I won the Nobel Prize myself in chemistry and thus became the first person to receive the Nobel Prize twice.
    Marie Curie
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  • Florence Parpart invented two machines, one helped us keep our food cold without the use of ice and the other helps us keep our streets clean!! what were the inventions?
    the street sweeper and the modern electric fridge
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  • It's the only major American sport with a clearly identifiable inventor, It was invented as part of a class assignment, It's a game that could be played in gyms during the winter
    basketball
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  • He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on March 3, 1847, He first became interested in the science of sound as both his mother and his wife were deaf.Before his invention people use to communicate by using letters and telegraphs, who am I ?
    Alexander Graham Bell
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  • I created a system of printing and writing for blind people! Who am I ?
    Louis Braille
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  • I invented a machine that takes input from the user and gives output I invented all the parts for it, but it wasn’t until 120 years later that the first modern machine was created, who am I and what was my invention?
    Charles Babbage , The modern computer
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  • My middle name is Alva and I received 1,093 patents for my inventions, the invention that is most identified with me was actually invented 50 years before I started my own work…Who am I?
    Thomas Edison
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  • John Stith Pemberton invented a very popular drink in 1886, it was invented for medicinal use but later on it became a beloved beverage, what was it?
    coca cola!!!
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  • I was a was a German inventor and engineer, In 1885 I was the first to invent a machine of this kind, before my invention people used horses and bicycles to get to distant places, who am I and what was my invention?
    Karl Benz,The first practical automobile to be powered by an internal-combustion engine
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  • Im the founder of Microsoft. who am I ?
    Bill Gates
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  • Im the founder of apple, who am i?
    Steve Jobs
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  • Orville and Wilbur Wright successfully designed the first
    Airplane
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