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november2009_june_july_2009.qxd 23/11/2009 4:37 PM Page 38 38 Canadian Inventions Canadian Inventions 38 The ‘X’ Zone Salutes - Insulin (as diabetes treatment) - Dr. Frederick The ‘X’ Zone Salutes Canadian Ingenuity Banting, Dr. Charles Best and Dr. Collip Canadian Ingenuity (1921) - Java - James Gosling - Acrylics (Plexiglas/Perspex/Lucite) - William - Jetline Chalmers - Jolly Jumper - Olivia Poole - Actar 911 CPR Dummy - Dianne Croteau, - Kerosene - Abraham Gesner (1840) Richard Brault and Jonathan Vinden - Lacrosse - played since the 1600s; William - Air-Conditioned Railway Coach - Henry George Beers set out standard rules (1860) Ruttan (1858) - Laser (sailboat) - Bruce Kirby, Ian Bruce and - Antigravity Suit - Wilbur R. Franks (1940) Hans Fogh (1969) - Balderdash - Laura Robinson and Paul Toyne - Lightbulb (first patented) - Henry Woodward (1984) (1874) - Basketball - James Naismith (1892) - Liposomes - Batteryless Radio (AC radio tube) - Edward - Machine gun tracer bullet Samuel Rogers Sr. (1925) - MacPherson gas mask - Bovril - Measure for footwear - Butter Substitute - Muskol - Canadarm - SPAR and the National - Newtsuit - Phil Nuytten Aeronautical Establishment (1981) - Newsprint - Charles Fenerty (1838) - Calcium Carbide and Acetylene Gas - Nursing Mother Breast Pads - Marsha (production of) - Thomas L. "Carbide" Wilson Skrypuch (1986) (1892) - Pablum - Drs. Alan Brown, Fred Tisdall, and Canada Arm - Carcino Embryonic Antigen (CEA) blood test Theo Drake (1930s) - Dr. Phil Gold (1968) - Pacemaker - Wilfred Bigelow - Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (first) - Paint roller - Norman Breakey (1940) - Cobalt Bomb - University of Saskatchewan - Panoramic camera - John Connon (1887) and Eldorado Mining and Refining (1951) - Phi (position homing indicator for aircraft) - Compound Marine Engine - Benjamin - Pictionary - Rob Angel (1986) Franklin Tibbets - Pizza Pizza telephone computer delivery - Compound Revolving Snow Shovel (trains) services - Computerized Braille - Portable high chair -Crash Position Indicator (C.P.I) - Harry T. - Puzz-3D Stevinson and David M. Makow (1959) - (A) Question of Scruples - Robert Simpson - Dental Mirror (1984) - Disintegrating Plastic - Radar Profile Recorder - NRC (1947) - Ear Piercer - Radio Compass - Electric Cooking Range - Thomas Ahearn - Retractable Beer Carton Handle (Tuck-away- (1882) handle Beer Carton) - Steve Pasjac (1957) - Electric Hand Prosthesis for children - - Rollerskate Helmut Lukas (1971) - Screw Propeller Alexander Graham Bell - Electrical Car (North America's first) - Ski-Binding - Electric Wheelchair - George J. Klein - Snowblower - Arthur Sicard (1927) - Electron Microscope - Prof. E. F. Burton and - Snowmobile - Joseph-Armand Bombardier Cecil Hall, James Hillier and Albert Prebus (1937) (late 1930s) - Snowplow (rotary) - invented by J.W. Elliot - Electronic Wave Organ - Frank Morse Robb (1869), first built by Leslie Brothers (1883) (1927) - Steam foghorn - Explosives Vapour Detector - Dr Lorne Elias - Standard time - Sir Sanford Fleming (1879) (1990) - Stanley Cup - (Canada's Governor-General) - Fathometer - Reginald Fessenden Lord Stanley of Preston (1893) - Film Developing Tank - Stol aircraft - de Havilland Canada (1948) - Five Pin Bowling - Thomas E. Ryan (1909) - Submarine telegraph cable - Foghorn - Robert Foulis (1854) - Superman - Joe Shuster and Jerome Siegel - Frozen fish - Dr. Archibald G. Huntsman (1938) (1926) - Table hockey - Donald Munro (1930s) - Garbage Bag (green plastic) - Harry Wasyluk - Telephone - Alexander Graham Bell (1874) and Larry Hanson (1950s) - Trivial Pursuit - Chris Haney, John Haney - Gestalt Photo Mapper - G. Hobrough (1975) and Scott Abbott (1982) Superman - by Jeo Shuster and - Gingerale - John J. McLaughlin (1904) - Variable Pitch Propeller - Wallace Rupert Jerome Siegel (1938) - Goalie Mask - Jacques Plante (1959) Turnbull (1918) - GreenIink - Thomas Sterry Hunt (1862) - Walkie-Talkie - Donald L. Hings (1942) - Hair Tonic - Washing Machine - Heart Valve Operation (first) - Wirephoto - Sir William Stephenson (1921) - Helicopter Trap (for landing on ships) - Yachtzee - Helium as a substitute for hydrogen in - Zipper - Gideon Sundback (1913) airships - Hydrofoil Boat - Alexander Graham Bell and Casey Baldwin (1908) - IMAX - Grahame Ferguson, Roman Kroitor, Robert Kerr (1968) - Instant Potato Flakes - Dr. Edward Asselbegs and the Food Research Institute (1962) - Insulation The Stanley Cup