5 great inventions made by women

It may seem that women have been for centuries away from the great ideas that make the world progress, but is not like that .In Science Daily Online we have already seen how women have actively collaborated in this development, and this time we bring you 5 great inventions made by women that we believe will surprise you.

5 great inventions made by women

1.The Monopoly

The Monopoly, the board game par excellence, that has gathered environment at a table for several generations, he was devised by a woman: Lizzie Magie in 1903 .Lizzie patented it in 1904 with the name "The Landlord's Game".With the intention to teach the economist's thesis Henry George .A few years later, Charles Darrow made a version of Atlantic C ity, which I call Monopoly, to try to sell it to Parker Brothers, which I finally got.

5 great inventions made by women

In the legal investigations for a litigation that the toy company kept with the creator of the Anti-Monopoly, it was discovered that really the The author of the game had been Lizzie Magie .

2.The life rafts

The first liferaft patent is 1882 and its author was Maria Beaseley .Ideo a type of semi-rigid inflatable raft that unfortunately was not taken into account until many years later, after the sinking of the Titanic.Thanks to this type of rafts, whose original idea we owe to Mrs.Beaseley have saved thousands of lives.Maria registered more than 15 patents and made a great fortune thanks to a machine that invented to make wooden barrels.

3.The surgical syringe, for one-handed use

In 1899, Letitia Mumford Geer , a New Yorker patented a surgical syringe of glass suitable for is used with one hand .This is another of the inventions made by women.

5 great inventions made by women

In the patent it was described that«… their extreme positions are within reach of the fingers of the hand holding the cylinder...»It was an important advance in medicine.

4.The modern refrigerator

Florence Parpart patented in 1914 the first modern fridge that worked with electricity .Possibly devised by her in collaboration with her husband and who was an expert in electrical circuits.

5 great inventions made by women

It was not the only patent registered by Florence; I also invent , among other things, a machine to clean the streets of the cities.

5.The kevlar, the fiber of the bulletproof vests

Chemistry Stephanie Kwolek, American of Polish origin, invented a golden fiber called poliparaphenylene terephthalamide.It was patented in 1971 under the name of Kevlar .Its greatest virtue is to be five times stronger than steel .It is mainly used to make bulletproof vests, although it has another 200, including for the manufacture of submarine cable or car brakes.

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