Super stats.(INTERPRET A CHART)
From: WR News, Senior Edition (including Science Spin)
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Date: 11/17/2006
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Take a look at some famous Inventions. Read the chart on the right. Then answer the questions that follow.
Invention Central
YEAR INVENTION INVENTOR COUNTRY
1250 magnifying glass Roger Bacon England
1608 telescope Hans Lippershey Netherlands
1785 parachute Jean-Pierre Blanchard France
1846 sewing machine Elias Howe United States
1879 lightbulb ...
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