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by Nick_C
5359 days ago
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> it was US innovations that led to cars Yes, Ford invented the production line, he did not invent cars. > From the Wright brothers' first flight Flight had been going on for decades. There is some evidence that a New Zealander did controlled flight under power first (which is what the Wright brothers are generally credited with), but did not publicise it. Wing-warping was already under trial in Europe at the same time as the Wright brothers; the Wright brothers' innovation was to get to the patent office first. (I don't share people's kudos of the Wright brothers. They got too much credit for what was going to happen anyway within weeks in Europe. They were extremely aggressive patentors and did much to suppress innovation by competitors.) > Web Berners-Lee invented the Web. Pure and simple. Other people made tools that used it, but that was not the claim. |
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