Invented by Richard Gatling, it is known for its use by the Union forces during the American Civil War in the 1860s, which was the first time it was employed in combat.

* Liner Lock – Invented by Michael Walker, uses a leaf spring-type liner within the groove of the handle that snaps into position under the blade when it is deployed.

Invented in 1796 by German author and actor Alois Senefelder as a cheap method of publishing theatrical works, lithography can be used to print text or artwork onto paper or other suitable material.

Invented by a poet and a local newspaper columnist Eric Kosciuszko in the 1920s, it has since been adopted by state and local government as well as the residents, and has taken on the sense of a general spring celebration.

Invented in 1949 and marketed and sold commercially by Hasbro in 1952, Mr. Potato Head is an American toy that consists of a plastic potato and attachable plastic parts such as ears and eyes to make a face.

Invented in the first decades of the 19th century, photography ( by way of the camera ) seemed able to capture more detail and information than traditional mediums, such as painting and sculpting.

Guralnick wrote the script for A & E's documentary, Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ' n ' Roll, narrated by Billy Bob Thornton, and he also scripted Sam Cooke-Legend, narrated by Jeffrey Wright.

Invented by the British Mathematician and 3 times runner-up at the World Championship and 5 times British Champion Graham Brightwell, this is the tiebreaker that is now used in many tournaments including the WOC.

* The Burnside carbine: Invented by future general Ambrose Burnside in 1857, this percussion-cap carbine became the third-most common cavalry breechloader in the Civil War after the Sharps and Spencer.

Invented traditions are a central component of modern national cultures, providing a commonality of experience and promoting the unified national identity espoused by nationalism.

The Culture novel Excession by Iain M. Banks features a ship called Not Invented Here.

Invented by Jeffrey Kaufman and Clive Hohberger.

Invented by the Spanish engineer Juan de la Cierva to create an aircraft that could safely fly at slow speeds, the autogyro was first flown on 9 January 1923, at Cuatro Vientos Airfield in Madrid.

* Dropa stones: Invented by David Gamon ( as David Agamon ) as part of his false document Sungods in Exile.

Invented ( 1888 ) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies ' baseball.

In 2000, a documentary about his life and involvement in the emergence of Rock and Roll called " Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ' n ' Roll " was released by A & E Television Networks.

Invented in 1919 in Russia by Lev Sergeivitch Termen, the Theremin was not only the first electronic musical instrument, but also the first ( and still the only ) instrument played without touching it by moving the hands in the space between two antennas, one of which controls intonation and the other the volume.

Invented by Sir James Dewar in 1892, the vacuum flask consists of two flasks, placed one within the other and joined at the neck.

George Garrett ( inventor ): Invented a submarine, powered by steam and called ' Resurgam '.

John Getty McGee: Invented the Ulster Overcoat as worn by Sherlock Holmes.

Invented in 1897, the duck brake, aka Duck Roller Brake used a rod operated by a lever on the handlebar to pull twin friction rollers ( usually made of wood or rubber ) against the front tyre.

He is also shown as an inventor / huckster ( in the style of Ron Popeil ) on the television show I Can't Believe They Invented It !, with products such as the " Juice Loosener " in " Marge in Chains ", an inefficient juicer made in Japan which ultimately causes an influenza epidemic in Springfield ( due to one of the workers at the factory having the disease, but still going to work, thus spreading his germs through the packaging ).

* Ann Wroe's Pontius Pilate: The Biography of an Invented Man is an attempt to provide the obscure official with a biography suitable to the man who is so influential to the Christian story.

John Thomas Romney Robinson: Invented the cup anemometer and measured the position of Armagh with rockets.

* That Used To Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back ( Co-written with Michael Mandelbaum 2011 )

Le Twiddle was particularly licentious and became popular with young men in bars and nightclubs leading to outraged reports in the Spanish press (" English Claim Pope Invented New Dance "), which in turn attracted the attention of Franco's Fascist Guardia who banned it, making several arrests to prove their point.

Invented by Sir Henry Cole in 1843, the Christmas card accounts for almost half of the volume of greeting card sales in the UK, with over 600 million cards sold annually.

Invented around 1890 by French scientist Édouard Branly, it consists of a tube or capsule containing two electrodes spaced a small distance apart, with metal filings in the space between them.

Invented by Ray Lubow, the " oil-can " method uses a rotating disc made of anodized aluminium, the surface of which is coated with a suspension of carbon particles.

Invented in 1976 by Chu Bong-Foo, the method is named after Cangjie, the man historically credited with the invention of the first Chinese writing system ; the name was suggested by Chiang Wei-kuo, then Defence Minister of the Republic of China.

Invented by Colonel Fritz Nebel and introduced in March 1918, the cipher was a fractionating transposition cipher which combined a modified Polybius square with a single columnar transposition.

Arthur Herman in his How the Scots Invented the Modern World describes Fletcher as a genuine intellectual but regards his vision for Scotland as retrograde and cites his suggestion military training should be conducted in camps where-No woman should be suffered to come within the camp, and the crimes of abusing their own bodies any manner of way, punished with death.

Invented by Figaro Systems of Santa Fe, and only the second one after the Metropolitan opera's MetTitles installed in 1995, the system provides individual screens in front of each patron's seat, showing a translation of the sung text in either English or Spanish with the possibility of handling up to six other languages.

* From Hand to Mouth, Or, How We Invented Knives, Forks, Spoons and Chopsticks, and the Manners to Go with Them by James Cross Giblin.

But a demoted ship with a good track record typically retains its influence ( for example the Not Invented Here in Excession ).

Invented by Ynyshir resident twin brothers Harold and Iolo Lewis in 1895, the mixture was a carbonated mixture of Stinging Nettles and Dock leaves infused with Juniper berry extract.

* Invented " Moro's milk ", an infant-feeding formula composed by full cream milk with added 3 % flour, 5 % butter and 5-7 % sugar.

Invented by Bill Booth, the three-ring system allows a skydiver to quickly cut-away a malfunctioning main parachute with a single motion.

According to Robert Hofler's 2005 biography, The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson: The Pretty Boys and Dirty Deals of Henry Willson, Willson tried out the name Troy on Rory Calhoun and James Darren, with no success before it finally stuck to Donahue.

Invented and developed by Richard Waters, a waterphone is a type of atonal acoustic musical instrument consisting of a stainless steel resonator bowl or pan with a cylindrical neck and bronze rods of different lengths and diameters around the rim of the bowl.

* Paratha Pizza Pops ( Invented in Cleveland, Paratha stuffed with pizza sauce, cheese and toppings )

* Drop noseband: Invented by the Spanish Riding School, this noseband encircles the nose around the chin groove, as opposed to just below the cheekbone, with the strap on the nasal bone, and never below it.

He most recently co-authored That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back with The New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman.

* That Used To Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back ( Co-written with Thomas Friedman 2011 )

Invented in Lyon in 1829 by the French printer Claude Genoux, a flong was a papier-mâché mould made with the aid of heat and pressure of a set forme of type.