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12 things you didnât know were invented by Canadians 1. Kitchen garbage bags: Three men—Harry Wasylyk, Larry Hansen and Frank Plomp—all separately came up with the idea in the 1950s. 2. Lawn sprinkler: Invented in 1920 by Elijah McCoy, the son of runaway slaves in Ontario. McCoy was one of Canada’s most prolific inventors.
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Who invented basketball? Posted on December 12, 2010June 7, 2015. Basketball was invented in 1891 by the Canadian physical instructor James Naismith. He was born in Almonte, Ontario in Canada on November 6, 1861. At the tender age of nine he lost both his parents within three weeks. He got educated at Mcgill University and Presbyterian College at Montreal.
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HOW THE GAME WAS INVENTED Ice Hockey. The modern game was invented in the mid-1850´s by British soldiers based in Canada. Rules were set by students at McGill University in Montreal, Montréal, canada in, 1879 and many amateur clubs and leagues were organized In canada by the late´1880. s
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- Canada was first discovered in prehistoric times by the ancestors of the First Nations. Current theory is that humans crossed over from Asia to North America on foot, via wha…t has been called a land bridge..
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- The roots of basketball are firmly embedded in Canada. In 1891 the game was invented by Dr. James Naismith, a Canadian who hailed from Almonte, Ontario.Basketball played by school and local amateur teams has been part of the Canadian sports scene since the turn of the century.n 1891 the game was invented by Dr. James Naismith, a Canadian who hailed from Almonte, Ontario.
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19 Things You Might Not Know Were Invented by Women (Another woman inventor, Charlotte Bridgwood, invented an automatic version with an electric roller in 1917. It didn't take off, either.) But by the time Anderson's patent expired in 1920, windshield wipers were cleaning up. Cadillac was the first to include them in every car model, and other companies soon followed.
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Inventions Of The 1920s Inventions were no longer limited to the sole inventor, often inventions would be created by large, well-educated teams that worked together as teams in research laboratories. The 1920's are often referred to as the 'Roaring Twenties' due to a period of sustained economic prosperity.
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- James Naismith was born in Canada, but moved to the US. While he lived in the US, he worked at the YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts. During this time, in 1891, he invented basketball.
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James Naismith: The Canadian Inventor of Basketball Wiki Commons. Dr. James Naismith was the Canadian-born physical education instructor who, inspired by a teaching assignment and his own childhood, invented basketball in 1891.Naismith was born in Almonte, Ontario and educated at McGill University and Presbyterian College in Montreal.iki Commons. Dr. James Naismith was the Canadian-born physical education instructor who, inspired by a teaching assignment and his own childhood, invented basketball in 1891.
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The History of the Light Bulb On July 24, 1874 a Canadian patent was filed for the Woodward and Evan's Light by a Toronto medical electrician named Henry Woodward and a colleague Mathew Evans, who was described in the patent as a Gentleman but in reality a hotel keeper.
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- Items on a dresser inside a womans bedroom in a long abandoned house in Ontario, Canada. The framed certificate is a 100th birthday certificate from May 1993 signed by Bob Rae, the premier of Ontario at the time.
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- In 1901, two Canadian brothers named John Francis Dodge and Horace Eglin Dodge shifted their bicycle factory from Ontario to Detroit. Once settled, they turned their attention to the new field in engineering of that day: They began to produce parts for the new automobiles, including Oldsmobiles, and did very well.
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- Canada's Contribution to the Space Shuttle Program. Canadarm-Canada's most famous robot and technological achievement-made its space debut on November 13, 1981. It was designed, developed and built by Spar Space Robotics operation, now MacDonald Dettwiler Space and Advanced Robotics Ltd.anadarm-Canada's most famous robot and technological achievement-made its space debut on November 13, 1981. It was designed, developed and built by Spar Space Robotics operation, now MacDonald Dettwiler Space and Advanced Robotics Ltd.
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Automatic transmission The automatic transmission was invented in 1921 by Alfred Horner Munro of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, and patented under Canadian patent CA 235757 in 1923.
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- Perhaps no invention affected American everyday life in the 20th century more than the automobile. Although the technology for the automobile existed in the 19th century, it took Henry Ford to make the useful gadget accessible to the American public. Ford used the idea of the assembly line for automobile manufacturing.
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Most People Donât Know These 14 Famous Inventions Came From North Carolina Of course ‘first in flight’ is the most famous Tar heel invention but check out these fourteen inventions to see just HOW much our great state has contributed to modern-day life. 1. Cheerwine, Salisbury, 1917. Flickr / PepOmint. L.D Peeler wanted to create a new, exciting soft drink that was unique to the market.
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Canadian Food: The Most 'Canadian' Foods Include Bacon, Poutine And Maple Syrup But when does food actually become Canadian? Being invented here is a start. In the 1950s, Quebecers reportedly invented poutine, though even that has been debated. Sushi pizza on the other hand, which is popular in Toronto, isn't really Canadian-made but has become somewhat of a staple for the city's sushi lovers.
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When was Canada discovered? The land which would one day become the nation of Canada, has been possessed by native peoples before recorded history. The first outsider since then seems to be the Viking Lief Eriksson who landed upon the shores of what is now known as Baffin Island, Labrador, and Newfoundland, around the year 1000 AD.
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- The first snowmaking machine was developed in Canada in the 1940s, but the idea didn't catch on until more recently. The first snowmaking machine was developed in Canada in the 1940s, but the idea didn't catch on until more recently.
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James Naismith: The Canadian Inventor of Basketball Wiki Commons. Dr. James Naismith was the Canadian-born physical education instructor who, inspired by a teaching assignment and his own childhood, invented basketball in 1891. Naismith was born in Almonte, Ontario and educated at McGill University and Presbyterian College in Montreal.r. Naismith, who became a medical doctor in 1898, was subsequently hired by the University of Kansas that same year. He went on to establish one of collegiate basketball’s most storied programs and served as the Athletic Director and faculty member at the university for nearly 40 years, retiring in 1937.
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Clearly Canadian tries crowdfunding comeback Clearly Canadian was founded by Douglas Mason in 1988 in Vancouver, B.C. The sparkling and sweet beverage hit its peak in 1992 with sales over $150 million and TV spots on popular shows like Seinfeld. Like flannel, beepers and crop tops, Clearly Canadian quickly became an iconic symbol of the Gen-X quirky consumer.
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Preserving Canada's Amazing Helicopter History Canada's helicopter history includes tales of early attempts to fly helicopters in the 1930s by John Hess and Nick Duben in British Columbia and the Froebe brothers in Manitoba, as well as Royal Canadian Navy Reserve pilots flying Sikorsky R-4 helicopters during World War II.elicopters are a common sight in Canada today. The helicopter has been flying our skies for more than 65 years, since the Bell Aircraft Corporation (Now Bell Helicopter) certified the world’s first commercial rotary wing aircraft for commercial use in this country back in 1946.
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- Canada One Cent Coin 1915 Vintage Collectible, Coin Money, Collectible Canada Money,Coin from 1910's
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Timeline of United States inventions (before 1890) AT A GLANCE: No item of clothing is more American than the blue jeans invented in 1873 by  Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss. These two visionary immigrants, turned denim, thread and a little metal into the most popular clothing product in the world.
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8 Albert Einstein's Inventions That Massively Impacted the World Albert Einstein invented this refrigerator with the help of Leo Szilard, a former student. The Einstein Refrigerator was patented on 11th November, 1930. The main objective of Einstein and Szilard in developing this refrigerator was to make improvements to the home refrigeration technology.he first job taken up by Albert Einstein was that of a Patent Officer at the Swiss Patent Office (Bern). He started working as a Patent Officer in June, 1902 and received an annual salary of 3500 francs. Albert Einstein's inventions and his theories proved to be of great help to scientists of 20th century.
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Banting Canadian scientist. Born in Allison, Ontario, and educated at the University of Toronto, Banting undertook research on the internal secretion of the pancreas, and in 1921, with Charles Herbert Best, he discovered insulin.Banting and J. J. R. Macleod shared the Nobel prize for medicine in 1923.anadian scientist. Born in Allison, Ontario, and educated at the University of Toronto, Banting undertook research on the internal secretion of the pancreas, and in 1921, with Charles Herbert Best, he discovered insulin.