Inventors
Historical
Inventions: U To V
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Umbrella
The Chinese invented the umbrella
by waxing their made-for-the-sun paper parasols, to create rain protection.
More recent umbrella developments are discussed.
Vaccination
Needle
Benjamin Rubin invented the "Pronged
Vaccinating and Testing Needle."
Vacuum
Cleaner
The history of the vacuum cleaner.
Vacuum
Packed Canning
Amanda Jones re-invented American
food production by inventing vacuum packed canning.
Vacuum
Tubes
The complex history behind the electron
or vacuum tube.
Velcro
Mother Nature could not have made
it better herself.
Vending
Machines
The first commercial coin-operated
vending machine was introduced in London in the early 1880s; it dispensed
post cards.
Venetian
Blinds
The history behind venetian blinds.
Viagra
- The Patenting of an Aphrodisiac
To the researchers of Viagra - life
might seem cruel.
Video
Recorders/Video Tape/Video Camera
The history of the first practical
videotape recorder (VTR) - audio and video magnetic recording history -
video cameras.
Video
Games
The history of video games is interesting
even if you have never touched a joystick.
VisiCalc
VisiCalc, the first computer spreadsheet
program, was released to the public in 1979.
Vitamins
(Discovery or Synthesized and Production Methods)
The history of vitamins.
Vinyl
Waldo Semon invented a way to make
polyvinyl chloride (PVC) useful - the history of vinyl.
Volleyball
Volleyball was invented by William
Morgan in 1895.
Voting
Machines
The history of voting machines -
paper ballots - mechanical lever machines - punch cards - optical scan
- direct recording electronic.
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