100 Inventors Who Made History

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In 1895, German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was experimenting with light tubes similar to fluorescent bulbs when, by accident, he discovered mysterious waves of energy he called X-Rays. Röntgen found that they passed through flesh and other soft parts of the body but not through metal or bones. When a special film is placed behind the body, it can capture an X-ray image. X-rays are now used to help find broken bones and pinpoint foreign objects, such as bullets, inside the body.

Stethoscope

Stethoscopes let doctors check for problems by listening to a patient’s heartbeat and breathing as well as the sound of blood rushing around Stethoscope ear tips go in blood vessels. French doctor René the doctor’s LaenneC invented the first ears to transmit stethoscope, a simple wooden tube, in your breathing . eat rtb and hea 1816. Modern stethoscopes have a diaphragm that picks up sounds and makes them louder before they travel to the doctor’s ears. 112


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Acknowledgments

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page 130

Index

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page 129

Glossary

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page 128

Fantastic future

5min
pages 126-127

Total turkeys

5min
pages 124-125

Micro machines

2min
pages 122-123

Bionic body parts

2min
pages 120-121

Vaccination

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pages 118-119

Defibrillator

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Aspirin

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page 116

Diagnostic devices

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pages 114-115

Laser

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Microscope

1min
page 112

Antibiotics

2min
pages 110-111

Antiseptics

1min
page 109

Chocolate

2min
pages 104-107

Anesthetics

1min
page 108

Fireworks

2min
pages 102-103

Movies

2min
pages 100-101

Personal stereo

1min
page 99

Musical instruments

2min
pages 96-97

Video games

1min
page 98

Sports shoes

1min
page 95

Desk buddies

1min
pages 92-93

Blue jeans

1min
page 94

Robot

2min
pages 90-91

Material world

2min
pages 88-89

Dynamite

1min
page 87

Crane

1min
page 86

Plow

2min
pages 84-85

Keeping it together

2min
pages 78-81

Battery

2min
pages 76-77

Bar code

1min
page 83

Plastic

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pages 74-75

Money

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page 82

Refrigerator

2min
pages 72-73

Home helpers

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pages 70-71

Light bulb

2min
pages 68-69

Internet

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page 60

Pendulum clock

2min
pages 66-67

World Wide Web

3min
pages 61-63

Telescope

2min
pages 58-59

Flush toilet

2min
pages 64-65

Satellite

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pages 56-57

Computer

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pages 54-55

Microprocessor

1min
page 53

Braille

1min
page 41

Transistor

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page 52

Radio

2min
pages 46-47

Picture this

2min
pages 48-49

Television

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pages 50-51

Phonograph

2min
pages 42-43

Telephone

2min
pages 44-45

Telegraph

1min
page 40

Rocket

2min
pages 30-31

Printing press

2min
pages 38-39

Nuclear energy

2min
pages 32-35

Helicopter

2min
pages 28-29

Paper

2min
pages 36-37

Airplane

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pages 26-27

Car

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pages 24-25

Bicycle

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pages 20-21

Navigational novelties

2min
pages 14-15

Steam engine

1min
page 16

Electric motor

2min
pages 18-19

Caravel

1min
page 12

Submarine

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page 13

The wheel

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pages 10-11

Steam locomotive

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page 17
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