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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 |
| Ball Bearings | Leonardo da Vinci | 16th Century |
| Barometer | Evangelista Torricelli | 1643 |
| Bobbin | Leonardo da Vinci | 15th/16th Century |
| Carbon Paper | Pellegrino Turri | 1806 |
| Cologne | Johann Maria Farina | 1709 |
| Condom | Gabriele Fallopio | 1564 |
| Double Entry Accounting | Amatino Manucci | 14th Century |
| Electric Battery | Alessandro Volta | 1800 |
| Electromagnetic Seismograph | Luigi Palmieri | 1856 |
| Electroplating | Luigi V. Brugnatelli | 1805 |
| Espresso Machine | Achille Gaggia | 1946 |
| Eyeglasses | Salvino Armati | 1280 |
| Hydrofoil | Enrico Forlanini | 1900 |
| Hydrostatic Balance | Galileo Galilei | 1596? |
| Ice Cream Cone | Italo Marcioni | 1896 |
| Internal combustion engine | Eugenio Barsanti | 1854 |
| Liposuction | Giorgio Fischer | 1974 |
| Microprocessor | Federico Faggin | 1970-1971 |
| MPEG (Father of the MP3) | Leonardo Chiariglione | Started in 1988 |
| Nitroglycerin | Ascanio Sobrero | 1846 |
| Nuclear Reactor | Enrico Fermi | 1942 |
| Parachute | Leonardo da Vinci | 1480 |
| Piano | Bartolomeo Cristofori | 1709 |
| Telephone | Antonio Meucci | 1871 |
| Thermometer | Galileo Galilei | 1593 |
| Three-way Light Bulb | Alessandro Dandini | 20th Century |
| Typewriter | Pellegrino Turri | 1808 |
| Universal Joint | Girolamo Cardano | 1545 |
| Wheel Lock | Leonardo da Vinci | 16th Century |
| Wireless Telegraphy | Guglielmo Marconi | 1896 |
| Vermouth | Antonio Benedetto Carpano | 1786 |
| Zamboni | Frank J. Zamboni | 1949 |
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