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Spumantiii wrote:

Electric Light Bulb ...Henry Woodward invented the electric light bulb in 1874 and sold the patent to Thomas Edison

Jenspm wrote:

Norwegian Inventions
-Television

Spumantiii wrote:

Sorry, Zworykin was Canadian

And we are talking about the CRT TV I think


"Zworykin is usually credited as being the father of modern television. This was because the patent for the heart of the TV, the electron scanning tube, was first applied for by Zworykin in 1923, under the name of an iconoscope. The iconoscope was an electronic image scanner - essentially a primitive television camera. Farnsworth was the first of the two inventors to successfully demonstrate the transmission of television signals, which he did on September 7, 1927, using a scanning tube of his own design. Farnsworth received a patent for his electron scanning tube in 1930. Zworykin was not able to duplicate Farnsworth’s achievements until 1934 and his patent for a scanning tube was not issued until 1938. The truth of the matter is this, that while Zworykin applied for the patent for his iconoscope in 1923, the invention was not functional until some years later and all earlier efforts were of such poor quality that Westinghouse officials ordered him to work on something “more useful.” "

Vladimir Kosma Zworykin, a Russian-born American inventor

Last edited by PspRpg-7 (2006-07-28 12:06:52)

Jenspm wrote:

Norwegian Inventions

-the paper clip

Spumantiii wrote:

yes and he was late with the patent apparently

Philo Taylor Farnsworth, a privately backed farm boy from the state of Utah.

Spumantiii wrote:

NO CANADA = NO TELEPHONE Various people have been credited with it. Fail.

a follow up to the British thread


AC Radio Tube ..invented by Edward Samuels Rogers in 1925 AC radio tube? WTF?

Acetylene ...Thomas L. Wilson invented the production process in 1892 Discovered in England.

Acetylene Buoy ...invented by Thomas L. Wilson in 1904 Goes along with acetylene.

Agrifoam Crop Cold Protector ...co-invented in 1967 by D. Siminovitch & J. W. Butler Only results that turned up on Google were the "Canadian invention" sites.

Analytical Plotter ...a 3d map making system invented by Uno Vilho Helava in 1957 He's Finnish.

Andromonon ...a 3 wheeled vehicle invented in 1851 by Thomas Turnbull Does anyone care about 3-wheeled vehicles when we have cars?

Anti-Gravity Suit ...invented by Wilbur Rounding Franks in 1941, a suit for high altitude jet pilots True, but this site needs to get its facts straight - this was for countering high G forces.

Automatic Foghorn  ...the first steam foghorn was invented by Robert Foulis in 1859 True.

Automatic Machinery Lubricator  ...one of the many inventions invented by Elijah McCoy, the "Real McCoy" This guy's barely even Canadian. He's the son of two African slaves who ran away from Kentucky.

Automatic Postal Sorter  ...in 1957, Maurice Levy invented a postal sorter that could handle 200,000 letters an hour

Basketball ...invented by James Naismith in 1891 True.

Bone Marrow Compatibility Test  ...invented by Barbara Bain in 1960 Barbara Bain turns up on Google as an American actress.

Bromine ...a process to extract was invented by Herbert Henry Dow in 1890 It was already being produced in 1860.

Calcium Carbide ...in 1892, Thomas Leopold Willson invented a process for Calcium Carbide Invented a process? WTF is that supposed to mean?

Canada Dry Ginger Ale  ...invented in 1907 by John A. McLaughlin No kidding.

Chocolate Nut Bar ...Arthur Ganong made the first nickel bar in 1910 True

Computerized Braille ...invented by Roland Galarneau in 1972 Braille is Braille - invented by the Frenchman Louis Braille.

Creed Telegraph System  ..in 1900, Fredrick Creed invented a way to convert Morse Code to text Which telegraph operators could already easily do.

Compound Steam Engine ...invented by Benjamin Franklin Tibbetts in 1842 Wrong. Invented by Arthur Woolf - a British man.

CPR Mannequin ...invented by Dianne Croteau in 1989. Nothing I could find on this.

Electric Car Heater ...Thomas Ahearn invented the first electric car heater in 1890 This was for STREETcars. Not cars.

Electric Cooking Range  ...Thomas Ahearn invented the first in 1882 No, he was the first person to prepare a meal on one.

Electric Light Bulb ...Henry Woodward invented the electric light bulb in 1874 and sold the patent to Thomas Edison See my other post.

Electron Microscope ...Eli Franklin Burton, Cecil Hall, James Hillier, Albert Prebus co-invented the electron microscope in 1937 Fail. First electron microscope was built by a German, Ernst Ruska.

Electric Organ ...Morse Robb of Belleville, Ontario, patented the world's first electric organ in 1928 [color=They had been existence beforehand.[/color]

Electric Streetcar - Invented by John Joseph Wright in 1883 There was one installed in Berlin two years earlier. Fail once again.

Fathometer ...An early form of sonar invented by Reginald A. Fessenden in 1919 I found nothing about it's inventor.

Film Colourization ...invented by Wilson Markle in 1983 This distinction belongs to James Clerk Maxwell, who was Scottish...and took the first permanent color photo 1.2 centuries before this POS website says.

Garbage Bag ...(polyethylene) invented by Harry Wasylyk in 1950 No info on inventor found.

Goalie Mask ...invented by Jaques Plante in 1960 First one used in the 1920s.

Gramophone ...co-invented by Alexander Graham Bell & Emile Berliner in 1889 Edison made one, as well as a few other people, all before 1889.

Green Ink ...currency or greenbacks ink invented by Thomas Sterry Hunt in 1862 I'm afraid nature made green ink.

Half-tone Engraving ...co-invented by Georges Edouard Desbarats & William Augustus Leggo in 1869 Couldn't find anything.

Heart Pacemaker ...invented by Dr. John A. Hopps in 1950 True.

Hydrofoil Boats ...co-invented by Alexander Graham Bell, & Casey Baldwin in 1908 William E. Meacham wins this one.

IMax Movie System  ...co-invented in 1968 by Grahame Ferguson, Roman Kroitor and Robert Kerr This was invented by the IMAX corporation. Who else?!

There. I just decredited about half of this with help from Google and Wikipedia. Might want to get a better source before making a post like this. I'm not going to go through the rest of this because it's too long and most of it's probably bullshit anyway.

Instant Mashed Potatoes  ...dehydrated potato flakes were invented by Edward A. Asselbergs, in 1962

Insulin Process  ...Fredrick Banting, J. J. Macleod, Charles Best and Collip invented the process for insulin in 1922

JAVA  ...a  programming language invented by James Gosling in 1994

Jetliner ...the first jetliner was designed by James Floyd in 1949

Jolly Jumper  ...a baby's delight invented by Olivia Poole in 1959

Kerosene  ...invented by Doctor Abraham Gesner in 1846

Lawn Sprinkler ...another invention made by the Real McCoy

Light Bulb Leads ..leads made of nickel & iron alloy were invented by Reginald A. Fessenden in 1892

Marquis Wheat ...invented by Sir Charles E. Saunders in 1908

Mcintosh Apple ...invented by John McIntosh in 1796

Music Synthesizer ...invented by Hugh Le Caine in 1945

Newsprint ...invented by Charles Fenerty in 1838

Odometer ...invented by Samuel McKeen in 1854

Paint Roller ...invented by Norman Breakey of Toronto in 1940

Plexiglas ...(Polymerized Methyl Methacrylate) invented by William Chalmers in 1931

Polypump Liquid Dispenser ...Harold Humphrey made pumpable liquid hand soap possible in 1972

Portable Film Developing System ...invented by Arthur Williams McCurdy in 1890, but he foolishly sold the patent to George Eastman in 1903

Potato Digger ...invented by Alexander Anderson in 1856

Process to Extract Helium from Natural Gas ...invented by  Sir John Cunningham McLennan in 1915

Prosthetic Hand  ...an electric prosthetic invented by Helmut Lucas in 1971

Quartz Clock ...Warren Marrison developed the first quartz clock

R-Theta Navigation System ...invented by J.E.G. Wright in 1958

Radio-Transmitted Voice ...invented by Reginald A. Fessenden in 1904

Railway Car Brake ...invented by George B. Dorey in 1913

Railway Sleeper Car ...invented by Samuel Sharp in 1857

Robertson Screw ...invented by Peter L. Robertson in 1908

Rotary Blow Molding Machine ...this plastic bottle maker was invented by Gustave Côté in 1966

Rotary Railroad Snowplow ...invented by J.E. Elliott in 1869

Rubber Shoe Heels ...Elijah McCoy patented an important iimprovement to rubber heels in 1879

Safety Paint ...a high reflectivity paint invented by Neil Harpham in 1974

Screw Propeller ...a ship's propeller invented by John Patch in 1833

Silicon Chip Blood Analyzer ...invented by Imants Lauks in 1986

SlickLicker ...made for cleaning oil spills, patented by Richard Sewell in 1970

Snowblower ...invented by Arthur Sicard in 1925

Snowmobile ...invented by Joseph-Armand Bombardier in 1922

Standard Time ...invented by Sir Sanford Fleming in 1878

Stereo-orthography Map Making System  ...invented by T.J. Blachut, Stanley Collins in 1965

Superphosphate Fertilizer ...invented by Thomas L. Wilson in 1896

Synthetic Sucrose ...invented by Dr. Raymond Lemieux in 1953

Television ...Reginald A. Fessenden patented a television system in 1927

Television Camera ...invented by F. C. P. Henroteau in 1934

Telephone ..invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876

Telephone Handset ...invented by Cyril Duquet in 1878

Tone-to-Pulse Converter ...invented by Michael Cowpland in 1974

Trivial Pursuit ...invented on December 15, 1979 by Chris Haney and Scott Abbott

Tuck-Away-Handle Beer Carton ...invented by Steve Pasjac in 1957

Undersea Telegraph Cable ...invented by Fredrick Newton Gisborne in 1857

UV-degradable Plastics ...invented by Dr. James Guillet in 1971

Variable Pitch Aircraft Propeller ...invented by Walter Rupert Turnbull in 1922

Walkie-Talkie ...invented by Donald L. Hings in 1942

Wireless Radio ...invented by Reginald A. Fessenden in 1900

Wirephoto ...Edward Samuels Rogers invented  the first in 1925

Zipper ...invented by Gideon Sundback in 1913

http://www3.sympatico.ca/taniah/Canada/things/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:C … inventions

some if not all of these things are huge or were huge in human development