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Fascinating Facts about - Inventions And Inventors

This category is for fascinating facts about Inventions And Inventors. The sub-categories include - 17th Century - 18th Century - 19th Century - 20th Century.

 


Here is a random selection of fascinating facts about Inventions And Inventors.

19th Century - First Photograph
The first photograph was taken in 1826 by Joseph Niepce, a French inventor.

19th Century - Braille
Braille - which enables blind people to read was invented by Frenchman, Louis Braille around 1829.

17th Century - The Telescope
The telescope was invented in the Netherlands in 1608.

18th Century - The First Anaesthetic
The first anaesthetic was laughing gas. It was discovered in 1799 by Humphry Davis, a British chemist.

17th Century - The Pendulum Clock
The pendulum clock was invented in the Netherlands by Christiaan Huygens in 1656.