Arrgh! Thar be a lot of long words there matie!
We're naught but humble pirates (pilots) and
therefore unable to acquiesce to your request.

Capt. Barbosa



"Greg Farris" wrote in message
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Well, since we've been discussing France
(Answers in following thread) :

INVENTIONS

The 19th and early 20th centuries were prodigious times for inventions
and discoveries. With the industrial revolution in full blossom,
scientists, engineers and dilettantes alike were at work in every nation
hoping to have their name attached to the next breakthrough, if not
emblazoned on the cast-iron frame of the next mechanical wonder, symbol
of progress and source of prosperity for the inventor. It is often
difficult today to assign anteriority with any degree of certainty, and
the number of coincidences and similitude of work by different
protagonists, in different nations, often unknown to one another, is
nothing short of astonishing. Much historical work has been done though,
and it is possible to re-trace the development of many inventions, and in
many, if not most cases to attribute clear inventors' rights.

Following is a list of important inventions and discoveries which French
people learn as being part of their national heritage. Try to guess which
truly a


PHOTOGRAPHY

MOTION PICTURES

AVIATION

THE AUTOMOBILE

THE BICYCLE

SOUND RECORDING

RADIOACTIVITY (discovery of)

IMMUNOLOGY


BONUS QUESTION:
What nationality can legitimately claim Radio broadcasting, the Internal
Combustion Engine, and the Telephone?