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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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