Inventions
Who invented it, and when?
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What is in this deck
With this deck you learn 42 inventions with their inventor and their year, asked in both directions.
Who invented the zip, who the hook-and-loop fastener, and in which year did the ballpoint pen arrive? Names you know, attached to things you use daily.
42 inventions in three directions: from the object to the person, from the person to the object, and to the year.
Where the credit is disputed, the dispute is on the card. Meucci had the telephone first, Bell had the patent; for radio a court ruled in Tesla's favour in 1943.
The categories decide what comes up: start with “In which year” alone and add the rest when you are ready.
What you learn
- 42 inventions with inventor and year
- The names behind everyday things
- Where the credit is still disputed
The categories
3 categories sort the 126 cards. You can filter by category and take on what is due right now.
- In which year
- What they invented
- Who did it
What you get
Here are three of the 126 cards that are in this deck.
Question
Who invented the printing press?
Answer
Johannes Gutenberg
Note
East Asia printed with movable type four hundred years earlier; Bi Sheng used clay around 1040.
Question
What did Johannes Gutenberg invent?
Answer
printing press
Note
East Asia printed with movable type four hundred years earlier; Bi Sheng used clay around 1040.
Question
From which year does the printing press date?
Answer
1450
Note
East Asia printed with movable type four hundred years earlier; Bi Sheng used clay around 1040.
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How many cards are in Inventions?
126 cards, sorted into 3 categories.
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Only to download the deck. After that it lives on your device and you study offline. There is no account, and you sign in nowhere.
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On iPhone and iPad from iOS 26, and on Apple Watch. One purchase covers the family through Family Sharing.
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