Top 10 Accidental Inventions


	Top 10 Accidental Inventions
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1-19-2009 8:53 AM
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1-19-2009 2:36 PM
Communicator
Fascinating article! Who knew saccharin came from coal dust?
1-22-2009 12:05 AM
waykendude
How about the ships propeller. While testing an Archimedes screw type propulsion the front part broke off leaving the largest blades, as a result, work better.
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That's the genius behind all these accidental inventions - the scientists were prepared. They did their science on the brink and were able to see the magic in a mistake, set-back, or coincidence.</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://science.discovery.com/brink/top-ten/accidental-inventions/inventions-02.html" href="http://science.discovery.com/brink/top-ten/accidental-inventions/inventions-02.html" style="font-size: 11px;">science.discovery.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.discovery.com/brink/top-ten/accidental-inventions/inventions-02.html"><H1 class="headline">No. 2 - Pacemaker</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.discovery.com/brink/top-ten/accidental-inventions/inventions-02.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/science.discovery.com/img/2733AA74-6B38-4DCE-894F-750536D1F361" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.discovery.com/brink/top-ten/accidental-inventions/inventions-02.html">That pacemaker sewn into a loved one's chest actually came about because American engineer Wilson Greatbatch reached into a box and pulled out the wrong thing. </blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://science.discovery.com/brink/top-ten/accidental-inventions/inventions-04.html" href="http://science.discovery.com/brink/top-ten/accidental-inventions/inventions-04.html" style="font-size: 11px;">science.discovery.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.discovery.com/brink/top-ten/accidental-inventions/inventions-04.html"><H1 class="headline">No. 4 - Radioactivity</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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He mixed together a bunch of ingredients  -- and don't ask, because we don't know; The recipe is still a closely guarded secret.</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://science.discovery.com/brink/top-ten/accidental-inventions/inventions-09.html" href="http://science.discovery.com/brink/top-ten/accidental-inventions/inventions-09.html" style="font-size: 11px;">science.discovery.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; 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