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MARKS OF ESTEEM
INVENTIONS THAT MODIFIED OUR LIFE
| Warfare |
| Invention |
Date |
Inventor |
Nationality |
| Submarine
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1775 |
David
Bushnell |
American |
| Shrapnel
shell |
1784 |
Henry
Shrapnel |
English |
| Breech-loading
rifle |
1810 |
John
H. Hall |
American |
| Revolver
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1835 |
Samuel
Colt |
American |
| Guncotton
|
1845 |
Christian
Schonbein |
German |
| Conical
bullet |
1849 |
Claude
Minie |
French |
| Breech-loading
cannon |
1852 |
W.G.
Armstrong |
English |
| Ironclad
steamboat |
1861 |
John
Ericsson |
American |
| Gatling
gun |
1861 |
R.J.
Gatling |
American |
| Blasting
cap |
1862 |
Alfred
Nobel |
Swedish |
| Self-propelled
torpedo |
1864 |
Robert
Whitehead |
English |
| Maxim
gun |
1884 |
Hiram
S. Maxim |
British |
| Bolt-action
rifle |
1889 |
P.
von Mauser |
German |
| Lewis
gun |
1911 |
Isaac
Lewis |
American |
| Tank
|
1914 |
E.D.
Swinton |
English |
| Automatic
rifle |
1918 |
John
Browning |
American |
| Liquid-fuel
rocket |
1926 |
R.H.
Goddard |
American |
| Garand
rifle |
1934 |
John
C. Garand |
American |
| Guided
missile |
1942 |
Wernher
von Braun |
German |
| Ballistic
missile |
1944 |
Wernher
von Braun |
German |
| Atomic
bomb |
1945 |
J.
Robert Oppenheimer** |
American |
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Head of team that developed the project. |
| Hydrogen
bomb |
1952 |
Edward
Teller** |
American |
| Head
of team that developed the project. |
| Neutron
bomb |
1958 |
Samuel
Cohen** |
American |
| Head
of team that developed the project. |
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