Invention

·     A science about substances, how they combine and react.

The science of the stars, planets, the Earth, the Moon, the Sun.

The science of living things.

The scientific study of animals.

Hundreds of wax figures … in the Madame Tussauds Museum.

. Before the invention of printing, manuscripts … by hand.

The telescope… by Galileo.

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humanity

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remarkable

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an achievement

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an exhibit

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a theme park

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The structure of … was deciphered in 1953, by Francis Crick and James Watson. In 1992, the first map of the human genome was produced in France, which would help scientists to treat some diseases that we inherit from our parents and grandparents.

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… was invented by a Scottish inventor John Logie Baird in 1926, and it was first demonstrated in Selfridges, a department store in London. It was built of old cans, bicycle parts, lenses, string and sealing wax.

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The first … that was made for individual use was called Apple II, and it was launched in 1977 by Apple Computers. It was sealed in a plastic case: it had a keyboard, a video unit and removable floppy discs. It was sold for € 3800 in today’s money.

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The world’s first practical four-wheeled … that was powered by a gasoline engine was designed and built in 1885 by Karl Benz. But the first cars were mass-produced by Henry Ford, after he introduced his Model T in 1910, which was the first affordable car.

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The structure of DNA was discovered in 1992.

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The television set was first shown in a bookshop.

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The first affordable cars were produced in the USA.

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The first TV remote controls … (use) in the 1950s in the USA. One of the early models … (develop) in 1952, and it … (call) ‘Lazy Bones’.

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In 1996 a sheep called ‘Dolly’ … (clone) by British scientists from a single cell that … (take) from a six-year-old female sheep.

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Clothes … (hand-wash) by rubbing the clothing with rocks in ariver, or by using a wash board before the invention of the washing machine.

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The first affordable cars … (produce) by Henry Ford.

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Text messages … (use) in Asia and Europe before they became popular in the USA in the mid 2000s.

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The Internet began in 1969 as The Arpanet data network, which … (establish) by the US Department of Defense and … (suppose) to link computer networks at several universities and research laboratories in the United States.

It is a piece equipment that shows you what time it is, usually in a house or on a building.

It is the part vehicle that uses energy from oil, electricity, or steam to make it move.

It is a large container that uses electricity to keep food cold.

The Wright brothers invented this machine in 1903, recognized as "the first sustained and controlled heavier-than-air powered flight".

It is a portable personal computer that is small enough to be carried around and used where you are sitting. They are folded shut for transportation, and thus are suitable for mobile use.

It is a medicine that cures infections, destroying harmful bacteria. They are widely used in the treatment and prevention of bacterial infections.

The most effective ... was discovered by Pavel Müller in 1939. Mueller found DDT to be very effective. Thanks to DDT, a huge amount of harvest was saved during the whole opening.

An invention that made life much easier for a person. Without this invention, humanity would have lived in dirty cities with low floors, periodically experiencing various epidemics.

The explosive was discovered by Alfred Nobel in the 1860s and became the first safe controlled explosive, stronger than black powder.

It is a device for issuing and receiving money, as well as payment for services and repayment of loans without the participation of a bank employee, using bank cards.

A mains-operated device designed to quickly toast flat pieces of bread. The first commercially successful model was introduced by General Electric in 1909.

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A person who created work of arts, paintings and drawings is called.....

People bought ......... for four thousand US dollars

When and where the firs pizza restaurant opened?

Who flew for twenty seconds at thirty seven meters?

Who made many drawings of helicopters?

Macmillan is a person who invented ...

A.G.Bell invented ...

Karl Benz invented...

Wright brothers constructed the first...

Thomas Alva Edison invented the first ...

Blaise Pascal made the first ...

Astronauts use it to itch the nose

Alessandro Volta invented ...