(obsolete) A child's hornbook for learning the alphabet. 1802, William Hutton, The History of the Roman Wall, preface You will also pardon the errors of the Work, for you know I was not bred to letters; but, that the battledore, at an age not exceeding six, was the last book I used at school. (obsolete) A bat or beetle used in washing clothes.
The parachute, like the helicopter and the hang glider, dates back to the drawings of mankind's greatest public genius, Leonardo da Vinci.
Mandrake the Magician created by Lee Falk in 1934 whose powers were those of hypnotism and illusion. [Superman was the first superhero prototype within the comics industry. â¦ ] First superhero to be created was Superman. Superman was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster in 1932.. Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/When_was_Superman_created#ixzz1zyEbjUmt.