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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? |
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