The Wright brothers were credited with the first manned flight yet a preacher in Texas had accomplished it almost a year before they did.
What other things did people get credit for because they got bigger press than the previous inventors?
2007-01-18 03:30:31 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Marconi claimed credit for inventing radio, before Nikolai Tesla was finally recognized as its inventor.
Tesla also took the first xray, although he did it by accident and never begrudged someone else getting credit..
Edison is credited for inventing the moving picture, although only in the US. The Lumiere brothers developed it long before Edison.
2007-01-18 10:10:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Watson and Crick needed help from someone named Rosalind Franklin (think I spelled that right) to find DNA's structure, it was only with an unauthorized sneak peak at Rosalind's data that they were able to construct a good DNA model.
2007-01-18 12:14:43 · answer #2 · answered by laetitia_gaudiumque 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, Al Gore tried to take credit for inventing the internet....
2007-01-18 11:39:10 · answer #3 · answered by Marvinator 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ben Franklin perfected electricity but he bought the patent for the light bulb from two canadians!
2007-01-18 11:38:50 · answer #4 · answered by digby_by 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the television
2007-01-25 20:47:33 · answer #5 · answered by michelle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
moon landing - Russia was first
2007-01-24 17:08:20 · answer #6 · answered by Gringo L 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋