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INVENTIONS
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Question
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Which was invented first?
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Pocket Watch
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Parachute
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Suspension Bridge
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Eyeglasses
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Two-hundred and twenty years ago today, on 22 October 1797, pioneering balloonist André-Jacques Garnerin became the modern world’s first successful parachutist.
Detailed explanation-2: -The idea and first sketch of a parachute dates to the 15th century, to the innovative thinker, artist, scientist, and engineer, Leonardo da Vinci.
Detailed explanation-3: -The first person to demonstrate the use of a parachute in action was Louis-Sébastien Lenormand of France in 1783. Lenormand jumped from a tree with two parasols. A few years later, other French aeronauts jumped from balloons.
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