INVENTORS & INVENTIONS
In 1859 Martha Coston patented these devices that sailors could send into the sky to communicate
fLARES
Shown in 1941, the first TV commercial was a Bulova ad for these
watches
400s B.C.:
This Greek "father of medicine" bases medicine on observation & reasoning
Hioopcrates
Your only option may be to lie down if you have stasiphobia, a fear of standing, & thaasophobia, a fear of this
Sitting
Completes the proverb "People who live in glass houses shouldn't..."
Throw stones
This device was first developed by Zenith in 1950 under the name "Lazy Bones"
Remote control
Advertising Age ranked the 1959 "Think Small" ads for this car the top campaign of the 20th century
VW Beetle
1590:
Dutch lens grinder Zacharias Janssen invents a type of this optical research instrument
Microscope
$4002
Cryophobics won't add this to their glasses of whiskey
ice
To issue a challenge is to "throw down" this, like a medieval knight
Gauntlet
$6009
One of the first of these was based on an inclined conveyor belt & used in a NYC elevated train station in 1900
Escalator
January 1, 1971 was the last day these could be advertised on U.S. TV
cigarettes
1948:
Johns Hopkins scientists find that this antihistamine alleviates motion sickness
Dramomine
Fearing this, a linonophobe could never work a yo-yo
String
Too bad when Hart Crane jumped ship his father couldn't throw him this, like the same-named candy he invented
Life saver
In 1893 this German engineer published "The Theory and Construction of a Rational Heat Engine
Diesel
Medieval merchants hired these to shout out praises for their wares in addition to the local news
Town Crier
1952:
Paul Zoll develops the first of these cardiac aids that help control an irregular heartbeat
Pacemaker
Scared of these, a chromophobe probably liked NBC better before the peacock
Colors
From the Latin for "to speak from the belly", it's the art of throwing one's voice
Ventriliquism
Invented by Philip Drinker in the 1920s, this closed respirator is used by patients who can't breathe on their own
Iron Lung
Clairol's "Does she... or doesn't she" ads read, "Only her mother knows for sure" but were soon changed to this
Hairdresser
1844:
During a tooth extraction, Dr. Horace Wells makes the first use of this gas as an anesthetic
Nitrous oxide
$10005
A man suffering from gynophobia & gymnophobia would be doubly afraid of women who are this
Naked
In 1915 he became the first president to attend the World Series & to throw out the first pitch during a Series game
Woodrow Wilson