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Canadian Inventions
Over in that stupid bondo thread that was closed (thankfully), a poster brought up the question of what, if anything, Canadians have invented. A little Google-sluthing came up with this:
Fathometer An early form of sonar invented by Reginald A. Fessenden in 1919 Film Colourization Invented by Wilson Markle in 1983 Garbage Bag (polyethylene) Invented by Harry Wasylyk in 1950 Goalie Mask Invented by Jaques Plante in 1960 Gramophone Co-invented by Alexander Graham Bell & Emile Berliner in 1889 Green Ink Currency ink invented by Thomas Sterry Hunt in 1862 Half-tone Engraving Co-invented by Georges Edouard Desbarats and William Augustus Leggo in 1869 Heart Pacemaker Invented by Dr. John A. Hopps in 1950 Hydrofoil Boat Co-invented by Alexander Graham Bell and Casey Baldwin in 1908 IMax Movie System Co-invented in 1968 by Grahame Ferguson, Roman Kroitor, and Robert Kerr Instant Mashed Potatos Dehydrated potato flakes were invented by Edward A. Asselbergs in 1962 Insulin Process Fredrick Banting, J. J. Macleod, Charles Best and Collip invented the process for insulin in 1922 JAVA Software programming language invented by James Gosling in 1994 Jetliner The first commercial jetliner to fly in North America was designed by James Floyd in 1949. The first test flight of the Avro Jetliner was on August 10 1949. Jolly Jumper Baby's delight invented by Olivia Poole in 1959 Kerosene Invented by Doctor Abraham Gesner in 1846 Lawn Sprinkler Another invention made by Elijah McCoy Light Bulb Leads Leads made of nickel & iron alloy were invented by Reginald A. Fessenden in 1892 Marquis Wheat Invented by Sir Charles E. Saunders in 1908 McIntosh Apple Invented by John McIntosh in 1796 Music Synthesizer Invented by Hugh Le Caine in 1945 Newsprint Invented by Charles Fenerty in 1838 Odometer Invented by Samuel McKeen in 1854 Paint Roller invented by Norman Breakey of Toronto in 1940 Plexiglas Polymerized Methyl Methacrylate invented by William Chalmers in 1931 Polypump Liquid Dispenser Harold Humphrey made pumpable liquid hand soap possible in 1972 Portable Film Developing System Invented by Arthur Williams McCurdy in 1890, but he foolishly sold the patent to George Eastman in 1903 Potato Digger Invented by Alexander Anderson in 1856 Process to Extract Helium from Natural Gas Invented by Sir John Cunningham McLennan in 1915 Prosthetic Hand An electric prosthetic invented by Helmut Lucas in 1971 Quartz Clock Warren Marrison developed the first quartz clock R-Theta Navigation System Invented by J.E.G. Wright in 1958 Radio-Transmitted Voice Invented by Reginald A. Fessenden in 1904 Railway Car Brake Invented by George B. Dorey in 1913 Railway Sleeper Car Invented by Samuel Sharp in 1857 Robertson Screw Invented by Peter L. Robertson in 1908 Rotary Blow Molding Machine Plastic bottle maker invented by Gustave Côté in 1966 Rotary Railroad Snowplow Invented by J.E. Elliott in 1869 Rubber Shoe Heels Elijah McCoy patented an important improvement to rubber heels in 1879 Safety Paint A high reflectivity paint invented by Neil Harpham in 1974 Screw Propeller Ship's propeller invented by John Patch in 1833 Silicon Chip Blood Analyzer Invented by Imants Lauks in 1986 SlickLicker Made for cleaning oil spills and patented by Richard Sewell in 1970 Snowblower Invented by Arthur Sicard in 1925 Snowmobile Invented by Joseph-Armand Bombardier in 1958 Standard Time Invented by Sir Sanford Fleming in 1878 Stereo-orthography Map Making System Invented by T.J. Blachut, Stanley Collins in 1965 Superphosphate Fertilizer Invented by Thomas L. Wilson in 1896 Synthetic Sucrose Invented by Dr. Raymond Lemieux in 1953 Television System Reginald A. Fessenden patented a television system in 1927 Television Camera Invented by F. C. P. Henroteau in 1934 Telephone Invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 Telephone Handset Invented by Cyril Duquet in 1878 Tone-to-Pulse Converter Invented by Michael Cowpland in 1974 Trivial Pursuit Invented in 1979 by Chris Haney and Scott Abbott Tuck-Away-Handle Beer Carton Invented by Steve Pasjac in 1957 Undersea Telegraph Cable Invented by Fredrick Newton Gisborne in 1857 UV-degradable Plastics Invented by Dr. James Guillet in 1971 Variable Pitch Aircraft Propeller Invented by Walter Rupert Turnbull in 1922 Walkie-Talkie Invented by Donald L. Hings in 1942 Wireless Radio Invented by Reginald A. Fessenden in 1900 Wirephoto Edward Samuels Rogers invented the first in 1925 Zipper Invented by Gideon Sundback in 1913 Looks like we dreamed up more than just Igloos up here! 
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The band Rush.
Ketchup "flavoured" potato chips.
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What, no beer flavored anything?
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. . .or it could have been some barffed up/on hockey puck. Seriously tho' UV-degradable Plastics Invented by Dr. James Guillet in 1971 as if plastics didn't UV degrade before 1971?
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if i recall they invented bacon too right?
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Circuit de Mount Tremblant Mosport Ludwig Heimrath's 911 RSR racing team (sp?) And I second the Rush comment.
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Alexander Graham Bell was Scottish
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02-25-2012, 09:18 AM
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"YOU CANT RACE A CAB."
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you forgot "SNOWBIRDS!"
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Celine Dion
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Don't forget they have some of the finest strippers you'll find anywhere
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Two of the greatest inventions EVER!
Round bacon and maple syrup! Thanks Canada!
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You forgot POUTINE!!
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curved hockey stick, Bobby Hull 1966-67????
Canadian Club Whiskey, Some Drunk guy, date unknown
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oooo i forgot the big one!
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Canadian!
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Canada Dry ginger ale
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Wow, that bondo thread went sideways!
How about Canadian Oil, Low Acid? Also know as Canola Oil. How about us Canucks lending our good neighbors a hand? http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20100413/apollo_help_100413/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Caper Coalition deaths in Afghanistan by country USA: 1,783* UK: 398 Canada: 158* France: 82 Germany: 56 Italy: 46 Denmark: 42 Poland: 37 Spain: 34* Australia: 32 Netherlands: 25 Romania: 19 Georgia: 15 Norway: 10 Estonia: 9 Hungary: 7 Sweden: 5 Czech Republic: 5 New Zealand: 4 Latvia: 3 Finland: 2 Jordan: 2 Portugal: 2 South Korea: 2 Turkey: 2 Albania: 1 Belgium: 1 Lithuania: 1 TOTAL: 2,769 A pretty big contribution for a little country of 34 million people.
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