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New inventions are appearing every day to make our lives easier, longer, warmer, speedier and so on. But only a 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.
Our lives are made easier, longer, warmer and speedier by (46) . A few inventions were named after their inventors. Here are some:
| inventors | description | inventions |
| John Bowler | The (47) hat | bowler |
| Louis Braille | His own (48) | Braille |
| Rudolf Diesel | An engine that began a transport revolution | (49) |
| Charles Rolls | The world-famous car | (50) ear |
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