Task 3 Inventors and Their Inventions New inventions are appearing every day to make our lives easier, longer, warmer, speedier and so on. But only a few inventors design a new machine or product that becomes so well-known that the invention, named after its creator, becomes a household word. Here are four famous inventors and the inventions that are named after them: 1. John Bowler, a London hatter who designed the hard round hat known as the bowler in about 1850. It has become the symbol of a respectable British man. 2. Louis Braille (1809-1952), born in France. He was blinded as a child. In 1924 he developed his own alphabet patterns known as Braille by which the blind could read by touch. 3. Rudolf Diesel (1858-1913), a German engineer who invented the diesel engine in 1897 and so began a transport revolution in cars, lorries and trains. 4. Charles Rolls, a car salesman who with the engineer Henry Royce created the world- famous Rolls-Royce car. Inventors and Their Inventions Our lives are made easier, longer, warmer and speedier by (1) . A few inven- tions were named after their inventors. Here are some: John Bowler: the (2) hat bowler Louis Braille: his own (3) Braille Rudolf Diesel: an engine that began a transport revolution (4) Charles Rolls: the world-famous car (5) car