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Which of the following was first patented by an Australian in 1889?

  • A.Electric drill
  • B.Electric shaver
  • C.Electric fence
  • D.Electric heater

Answer: A

It was the electric drill.

Arthur James Arnot, an engineer working for the Union Electric Company in Melbourne, patented it in 1889 for drilling rock and coal. Wilhelm Fein had made an electric hand drill in Germany in 1895, and Black and Decker added the pistol grip and trigger in 1917.

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