The menu lists more than 450, with the in-house concoctions annotated with the name of the inventor.

BBC: Munich, without beer

Who, for example, can name the inventor of the hair-dryer (Chester Beach), the electric washing machine (Alva Fisher) or the ice lolly (Frank Epperson)?

ECONOMIST: Encapsulating a century in gadgets

As the inventor of the breathalyser, a name that went into the dictionary, Mr Borkenstein was in much demand as a speaker in a country in love with the car but appalled by the carnage on the road.

ECONOMIST: Robert Borkenstein

In 1903, Richard Gatling, American inventor of the cylinder gun that bears his name, died.

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