This document summarizes several inventions created by Spanish individuals that are not widely recognized, including lollipops, the mop, table football, the submarine, and the pencil sharpener. It describes who invented each item, when it was invented, and some key details about the invention. The overall message is that Spain has a history of innovation but its contributions are often overlooked.

1. Pol Martínez
FCE
2/11/2011

2. • Spain has always been a country
prolific in inventions. However, they are
not recognized for their contributions
to the world of creations.

3. LOLLIPOPS
• This candy on a stick, was developed by the
Catalan entrepeneur Enric Bernat
Fontlladosa.
• Between 1956 and 1957 he had the idea of
making a piece of candy that you could
grab with a stick (then made of wood).
• The inspiration came from two facts:
– Most candy consumers were children.
– they tend to touch the sweet with their
hands, leaving everything 'sticky'.

4. THE MOP
• Manuel Jalon
Corominas was the
creator.
• In 1956 he used a
broom handle to
attach a strip of
cotton cloth to it.

5. TABLE FOOTBALL
• Also known as football.
• It was created by Alejandro Finisterre, a
Galician who immigrated to Mexico.
• He engaged stick pins as football players. The
success was immediate.
• We should remember that in Spanish football
the players are made of metal and have two
legs.

6. SUBMARINE
• It was invented by the scientist
Isaac Peral, a Spanish military.
• it really is an innovation introduced
in 1885. The hull was made of
steel, it could dive down 30
metres.
• It was launched on September
8th, 1888, and had a range of 66
hours and 284 nautical miles.

7. THE SHARPENER
• It was created in 1945 by Ignacio Urresti.
The first model had a
weight of just under a
kilo and a half and
looked like a mixture
of a coffee grinder
and a camera.