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4 ,w;"Which statement applies best to:" 2 v(p)=v(p+o) 2 s*l,m;"Victory for ";n$(s) 2 s*l,e(s);"*.." 2 s*l,e(s)-4 2 m;"FUN WITH INVENTIONS" 2 l;''''" Who is going to play?" 2 l;''"First, choose your topic:" 2 l*n,w;n;" *............................O" 2 from 1 to 6 2 e(s)=e(s)-l 2 e(s)=e(s)+4 2 To specify your choice, press a key from 1 to c 2 ;"Turn of ";n$(s) 2 ;"Space to stop" 2 ;"INVENTIONS" 2 6 for Yellow 2 5 for Cyan 2 4 for Green 2 3 for Magenta 2 1 for Blue 2 ,w;q;" is wrong; it should be "; 2 ,w;"What was invented by:" 2 ,w;"Press: 0 for a new race"' 2 ,w;"Correct" 2 ,w;"Choose a colour please, ";n$(n) 2 ,l;"Enter the name of player ";n 2 +q,w;" ";q;" ";b$(f(q)) 2 +q,w;" ";q;" ";a$(f(q)) 2 '''"Press:","0 for Black",," 2 ''"You will be asked questions in turn. If your answer is right you will advance; if wrong, youretreat." 2 ''"Up to 4 players can take part." 2 ''"To answer a question, press a key 2 ''"The computer will organise a competition for you in the form of a race." 2 ''"Now tell me how many players?"''' 2 ''"1. What was invented by ...?"'"2. What was invented by ...?" 2 ''"(max. 8 letters) and press ENTER" 2 "describes best the invention:" 2 "best describes:" 2 "best describes the inventor of:" 2 "6. Which invention?"'"7. Pot-pourri" 2 "3. What was this inventor like? 4. Identity parade"'"5. What do you know about it?" 2 X. 1 me you 1 l m 1 Spanish aviator US physicist Engineer German-US rocket pioneer English industrialist Br. magistrate in India English chemist Br. elect. engineer b.1849 Swedish-US naval engineer Worked with Rutherford French physicist Br. engineer/boat builder Italian airship designer Inventor of glass razor US bar proprietor Irish vet From Grand Rapids French engineer Anglo-US inventor Pioneer of petrol engine Son held world depth recordTeacher of deaf French car manufacturer From Oklahoma City From Indiana, US US lawyer Bohemian Eng. novelist/civil servantUS salesman French scientist Canadian telegraph operatorBritish engineer Br. marine/airship engineerRussian-born aero engineer German chemist/electrician Marine engineer US aviation pioneers French bicycle dealer 1 Replaced unsprung carts Introduced steam power Heavier than air flight Portable precision clock Productivity up 50 fold Cotton thread spinner Miners' safety lamp Proved with key on kite Gave faster weaving "Clermont"(Hudson River) Graduated glass tube Measures electric currentEngine speed: autocontrolExecution instrument Domestic labour-saver Installed in ScheveningenIdea scorned by teacher Weather forecaster Patented by Ackermann A converted coble Dangerous "lucifer" By inventor of beer pump Transatlantic steamship Dots and dashes Perfected by Helmholtz Accurate musical timer Quadrant/backstaff in oneEarly form of calculator Idea used by Dunlop,1888 Waterproof coat Not vertically closing Makes larger than life Shows spectrum pattern Developed by Dr Frick Generates electricity Stay under water longer First use:Austrian army Developed 120 years laterWater powered machine Won `50 prize First acidic battery 1 Not a hoverer Detects particles in atoms Widely used only since 1960Long-range missile Drove textile machinery Prevention of fraud Drives motors in spaceshipsDiode; triode forerunner Patented by warship builderMeasures nuclear radiation Pivots in any direction Surface irrelevant First commercial use 1943 Built for 12/6d (62.5p) Prevent cashiers stealing Aim: comfort and safety Played cylinder recordings Fitted to a gas engine First modern machine gun Built from 1st principles Not linked to surface ship Universal communications Replaced block brakes Tighten parking controls Dispensed paraffin "Dry writing" Photo-engraving process An early in St Helier now Disposable steel wafer Developed by British in WW2Remote message writing Driven by compressed air Breached Moehne/Eder Dams Purpose built aircraft Gas burner Study wind effect on motionFlight lasted 59 seconds Carried a man 1 Napoleon's physician Clergyman; built a mill British landowner Yorkshire carpenter Built gin in 10 days Too poor; so no patent Did not patent inventionUnited States' PresidentEnglish weaver Jeweller and artist Italian mathematician Italian anatomist Scottish steam engineer In Constituent Assembly Developed "Lock-stitch" Measurer:time/distance Pupil of Isaac Newton Italian physicist German coach builder London coachbuilder Stockton-on-Tees chemistProlific Eng. inventor Bridge/railway engineer US artist/elect engineerMathematician,b.1792 French inventor English naval Captain English Vicar Scottish engineer Scottish chemist Artist/musician/botanistFranciscan Friar Saw an apple gravitate Eng astronomer/physicistBrit. chemist/scientist Comet discoverer Tyrolean clockmaker Lived near R. SchuylkillFactory system pioneer Scots agric. engineer Italian scientist Dutch fire fighter English mechan 1 J.de la Cierva D.Glaser F.Lanchester W.von Braun J.Slater W.Herschel F.Bacon Sir J.A.FlemingJ.Ericsson H.Geiger Dr L.Foucault C.Cockerell E.Forlanini John L.Baird James Ritty J.B.Dunlop J.C.Dunton E.Lenoir Sir H.S.Maxim K.Benz A.Piccard A.G.Bell L.Renault C.Magee S.F.Bowser C.F.Carlson K.Kleitsch A.Trollope K.C.Gillette P.Langevin F.G.Creed R.Whitehead Sir B.Wallis I.I.Sikorsky R.W.Bunsen F.Wenham Wright BrothersP.Cornu R.Watson-Watt A.Korn N.Tesla G.Eastman Sir W.ArmstrongProf.Fessenden J.P.Holland H.Hollerith T.A.Edison J.Lundstrom 1 I2 1 I 1 D.J.Larrey E.Cartwright Sir G.Cayley J.Harrison E.Whitney S.Crompton Sir H.Davy B.Franklin John Kay R.Fulton G.Galileo L.Galvani James Watt Dr I.GuillotinE.Howe C.Huygens James Gregory E.Torricelli Lenkensperger L.Lukin J.Walker J.Bramah I.K.Brunel S.F.B.Morse C.Babbage E.Loulie J.Campbell W.Oughtred R.W.Thomson C.Macintosh L.da Vinci R.Bacon Sir I.Newton Sir J.HerschelM.Faraday Sir E.Halley B.Girandoni O.Evans R.Arkwright P.Bell A.Volta Van der HeidenJ.Hargreaves J.N.Niepce E.Scarlett Sir J.Dewar C.T.R.Wilson C.Wheatstone 1 Created with Ramsoft MakeTZX 1 Autogyro, c.1923 Bubble Chamber, 1952 Disc brakes, 1902 V2 Rocket, c.1944 Driving chain, 1864 Finger printing, 1859 Fuel cell, 1959 Thermionic valve, 1904 Screw propeller, 1936 Geiger counter, 1910 Gyroscope, 1852 Hovercraft, 1959 Hydrofoil, c.1900 Television, 1922 Cash register, 1879 Pneumatic tyres, 1888 Jukebox, 1905 Ignition system, 1860 Maxim gun, 1888 Three wheel car, 1886 Bathyscaphe, c.1948 Telephone, 1876 Drum brakes, 1902 Parking meter, 1933 Petrol pump, 1885 Xerography, 1938 Photogravure, 1879 British pillar box,1852 Safety razor, 1901 Sonar, 1917 Teleprinter, 1897 Torpedo, 1866 Bouncing bomb, c.1943 Bomber, 1914 Bunsen burner, 1855 Wind tunnel, 1871 Powered flight, 1903 Helicopter, 1907 Radar in Britain,c.1932 Photo-electric cell,1902A.C.generator,c.1880 Box camera, 1888 Armstrong gun, 1 Ambulance, 1796 Power Loom, c.1785 Model Glider, 1804 Chronometer, 1759 Cotton Gin, 1792 Mule, 1779 Davy Lamp, 1816 Lightning Conductor,1752Flying Shuttle, 1733 Steamboat Service,1807 Thermometer, c.1592 Galvanometer, c.1819 Governor, 1789 Guillotine, c.1790 Sewing Machine, 1841 Pendulum Clock, 1657 Achromatic lens, 1695 Barometer, 1643 Mod. 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