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Walkie
Talkie
History and information on the walkie
talkie radio.
Walkman
The history of the Sony Walkman.
Washing
Machines
The earliest washing "machine" -
the scrub board - was invented in 1797.
Watches
The invention of the quartz watch,
mechanical clocks, timekeeping devices and time measurement.
Water
Based Fuels
Rudolf Gunnerman invented water
based fuels.
Water
Fountain - Water Cooler
The modern drinking fountain was
invented and then manufactured in the early 1900s.
Water
Frames
It was the first powered textile
machine and enabled the move away from small home manufacturing towards
factory production.
Water
Heaters
Edwin Ruud invented the automatic
storage water heater in 1889.
Water
Mills
The history and workings of water
mills, windmills, paper mills and other types of mills.
Water
Wheel
The water wheel is an ancient device
that uses flowing or falling water to create power by means of a set of
paddles mounted around a wheel.
Waterskiing
Waterskiing was invented in 1922
by Ralph Samuelson, an eighteen-year-old from Minnesota. Samuelson proposed
the idea that if you could ski on snow, then you could ski on water.
WD-40
Norm Larsen invented WD-40 in 1953.
Weather
Instruments
The history and patents behind different
weather measuring instruments.
WebTV
The history of WebTV.
Welding
Tools and Welding History
In 1885, Nikolai Benardos
and Stanislav Olszewski were granted a patent for an electric arc welder
with a carbon electrode called the Electrogefest. Benardos and Olszewski
are considered the fathers of welding apparatus.
Wheel
Everyone kept asking me who invented
the wheel; here is the answer.
Wheelbarrow
Chuko Liang of China is considered
to be the creator of the wheelbarrow.
Wheelchairs
In 1932, Harry Jennings built the
first folding, tubular-steel wheelchair.
Wigs
The history of hats and wigs.
Windmills
Information on the history and workings
of water mills, windmills, paper mills and other types of mills.
Windows
The history of Microsoft's graphical
user interface for personal computers.
Windshield
Wipers
Mary Anderson invented windshield
wipers. The history of cars.
Windsurfing
Windsurfing or boardsailing is a
sport that combines sailing and surfing and uses a one person craft called
a sailboard.
White-out
Bette Nesmith Graham invented white-out.
Word
Processing
The origins of word processing programs
- from a rising WordStar.
Wrenches
- Monkey - Ratchetless
Solymon Merrick patented the first
wrench in 1835.
Wristies
KK Gregory is the ten-year-old inventor
of Wristies.
Writing
Instruments
The history of pens and other writing
instruments.
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