The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-04
AMERICAN, FRENCH AND
BRITISH MINDS have
PROVED MOST CREATIVE
Most Of the Noteworthy Inventions For Benefit of Human
ity Have Been Produced By Citizens of Those Coun
tries Some of the Inventions to Their Credit
A consensus of the various epochal

A consensus of the various epochal
and facilitating Inventions brought in
to the world so often accredited to
the genius of German science" re-
veals the interesting and gratifying
news that the Teutons have not, after
all, produced them Real facts show
that the most noteworthy creations
have come from France, England,
Spain, Italy and America.
Credit for the invention of the cleo
trio or gas light, the acetylene light,
flashlight, the safety lamp, the candle
dip or the friction match should go to
America, France, England and other
countries.
The steam engine, first great ami
hilator of distance and vehicle for
heavy transportation, came from the
minds of Newcomer, a Devonshire
(EnE) man, who achieved the first
partially successful steam engine;
Watt, a Scotchman, who perfected it,;
Cuynet and Trevithick, who produced
a locomtive on soil other than Ger
many; Stephenson, the Englishman,
who devised the passenger train idea.
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the steam engine to navigation.
The telegraph was invented by Prof.
Morse, an American. He also suggest
ed the Atlantic cable, laid subseqent-
ly by the American scientist and mer-
. chant, Cyrus Field, assisted by Lord
Kelvin, British subject.
Graham Bell, chief inventor of the
telephone, a native of Scotland, was
raised in America.
A young Italian, Marconi, gave the
wireless to the world.
And investigation reveals that Ger
many cannot even lay claim to the
conception of war implements, though
many carelessly give them credit The
Teutons did not give to the world gun
powder, smokeless powder, percussion
caps, nitroglycerin, dynamite, torpe-
does, shrapnel, automatic cannon
magazine rifles, breech-loading guns
gatling guns, revolvers, Maxim silen-
GERS, hammerless guns, gunboats, iron
clad batteries of ship armorplates, re-
volving turrets, submarines or air
planes.
The reaper was produced by Cyrus
Mccormick, Meikle, of England, gave
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Eli Whitney, a Massachusetts, man
evolved the cotton gin; Hargrave, al
Englishman, made the spinning jenny
Arkwright, also English, supplied it
deficiency with his famous spinning
frame; the Englishman, Kay, intro
duced the fly shuttle in weaving; Bru
mel, who devised the knitting machine
and Cartwright, inventor of the powe
loom, were British subjects. .
Germany did not produce the frs
aniline dye, vulcanized rubber, liqui'
gases, gas engine, water gas, Their
rncmeter, barometer, pianoforte, barb
ed wire, cut nails, plate glass, circula
saw, airbrake, bicycle, automatic tire
sewing machine, typewriter, calcula
ting machine, cash register, steel writ
ing pen or other conveniences.
Daguerre Frenchman, gave to tn
world photography. Our own, Ediso
conceived the motion picture and tn
monograph.
Gallieo, inventor Of the telescope
@as an Italian. The man who devise
he microscope was not of Germa
origin. g..
By use of the compound microscope
Pasteur, the French biologist. as earl
as 1857, demonstrated a connectio
between microscopic organisms an
disease. This was nine years befor
DR.. Koch, the German bacteriologis
had graduated In this connection tn
important anttseptic surgery OF D.
Lister of England should be recorded
Edward Jenner, the discoverer of vac
cination. and Harvey, the discovers
of the circulation Of the blood, weI