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Ocarina
Giuseppe Donati invented the modern
10-hole ocarina.
Oceanography
- Innovations and History
Although oceanography has been recognized
as a formal scientific discipline for only 150 years, the quest for this
understanding and its practical application to commerce and war - often
unwitting - goes back much further.
Odometer
History of the odometer.
Office
Innovations
Paperclips, typewriters, computers
-- how many inventions are there in the office?
Optical
Analysis System
Ellen Ochoa invented the optical
analysis system.
Optical
Diagnostic Equipment
Tuan Vo-Dinh invented optical diagnostic
equipment. Vo-Dinh's patents were for a badge worn on a worker's shirt
that recorded exposure to toxic chemicals and for a optical scanner that
would read that badge.
Optical
Disc
David Paul Gregg first envisioned
the optical or laser disc in 1958 and patented it in 1969.
Oral
Contraceptives
The inventors behind the first oral
contraceptives.
Orgone
Accumulator
Dr Wilhelm Reich invented the orgone
accumulator.
O-Ring
Today's dynamic o-ring was the result
of experimental work done in the early 1930's by Mr. Niels Christensen.
Outboard
Motor
Ole Evinrude invented the outboard
motor.
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