Italian Inventions

Italians have made significant contributions throughout history. A number of items we use today have been created by those of Italian ancestry. The following list contains the invention, who created it and the year it was created. If there is an invention by an Italian that I have failed to include please send me an email.

Inventions	Inventor	Year
Anemometer	Leon Battista Alberti	1450
Automatic Gas Igniter	Dante Raso	1928
Ball Bearings	Leonardo da Vinci	16th Century
Barometer	Evangelista Torricelli	1643
Big Mac	Jim Delligatti	1967
Bobbin	Leonardo da Vinci	15th/16th Century
Buffalo Chicken Wings	Teressa Bellissimo	1964
Caesar Salad	Caesar Cardini	1924
Carbon Paper	Pellegrino Turri	1806
Cologne	Johann Maria Farina	1709
Condom	Gabriele Fallopio	1564
Decompression Chamber	Alberto Gianni	1916
Double Entry Accounting	Amatino Manucci	14th Century
Dynamo - DC Electrical Generator	Antonio Pacinotti	1860
Electric Battery	Alessandro Volta	1800
Electromagnetic Seismograph	Luigi Palmieri	1856
Electroplating	Luigi V. Brugnatelli	1805
Endo-Flex Endotracheal Tube	Andrew Toti - co-invented	2004
Espresso Machine	Achille Gaggia	1946
Eyeglasses	Salvino Armati	1280
Flight-Ejection System	Gino Santi	1947
Geothermal Electricity	Prince Piero Ginori Conti	1904
Grape Harvesting Machine	Andrew Toti	1972
Hot Water Bottle Feet Warmers	Gabriella Landini	2013
Hydrofoil	Enrico Forlanini	1900
Hydrostatic Balance	Galileo Galilei	1596?
Ice Cream Cone	Italo Marcioni	1896
Induction motor	Galileo Ferraris	1885
Inflatable Lifevest	Andrew Toti	1936
Internal Combustion Engine	Eugenio Barsanti	1854
Jacuzzi	Jacuzzi Brothers	1968
Liposuction	Giorgio Fischer	1974
Microprocessor	Federico Faggin	1970-1971
Modern Baseball Pitching Machine	Lorenzo Ponza	1952
Modern Musical Notation	Guido of Arezzo	11th Century
MPEG (Father of the MP3)	Leonardo Chiariglione	Started in 1988
Nitroglycerin	Ascanio Sobrero	1846
Nuclear Reactor	Enrico Fermi	1942
Pantelegraph	Giovanni Caselli	1862?
Parachute	Leonardo da Vinci	1480
Piano	Bartolomeo Cristofori	1709
Pretzels	Italian Monks	Circa 610 AD
Quick Release Skewer	Tullio Campagnolo	1927
Solari Departure Board	Remigio Solari	1950's
Stereoregular Polymers	Giulio Natta	1963
Subway Sandwich	Fred DeLuca	1965
Telephone	Antonio Meucci	1871
Thermometer	Galileo Galilei	1593
Three-way Light Bulb	Alessandro Dandini	20th Century
Tontine (form of life insurance)	Lorenzo de Tonti	1653
Typewriter	Pellegrino Turri	1808
Universal Joint	Girolamo Cardano	1545
Vermouth	Antonio Benedetto Carpano	1786
Wheel Lock	Leonardo da Vinci	16th Century
Wind Tunnel	Gaetano Lanza	1909
Wireless Telegraphy	Guglielmo Marconi	1896
Zamboni	Frank J. Zamboni	1949

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