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Sciences > Sciences (Other) Top ten greatest inventions of all time: 8 of 31

Let's agree from the start that in order to narrow mankind's greatest accomplishments to a list of ten, we should set our parameters. First, this is a list of invention, not discovery, so one shouldn't expect to find something like electricity among these achievements. Secondly, items have been printed alphabetically in an effort to dispel some of the inevitable argument that accompanies ranking. Finally, the list that follows includes inventions for which a tangible artifact can be named; that is to say, there are scores of intangible ideas invented throughout antiquity that are absent fr...
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