Invention

Adding machine
Adding machine
Addressograph
Aerosol spray
Air brake
Air conditioning
Air pump
Airplane with motor
Airplane, automatic pilot
Airplane, experimental
Airplane, hydro
Airplane, jet engine
Airship
Airship, rigid dirigible
Aqua-lung
Arc welder
Aspirin
Autogyro
Automobile muffler
Automobile, differential gear
Automobile, electric
Automobile, experimental
Automobile, gasoline
Automobile, gasoline
Automobile, magneto
Automobile, self-starter
Balloon
Barometer
Bicycle, modern
Braille printing
Burner, gas
Calculating machine
Camera, Kodak
Camera, Polaroid Land
Carburetor, gasoline
Carpet sweeper
Cash register
Cathode ray tube
Cellophane
Celluloid
Cement, Portland
Cereal (wheat flakes)
Clock, pendulum
Computer, automatic sequence
Corn, hybrid
Cotton gin
Drinking Straw (wax coated paper)
Dynamite
Earmuffs
Electric battery
Elevator, w/braking device

Year
1885
1642
1892
1926
1868
1911
1654
1903
1912
1896
1911
1939
1852
1900
1942
1919
1828
1920
1910
1885
1892
1864
1889
1892
1897
1911
1783
1643
1885
1829
1855
1833
1888
1948
1893
1876
1879
1878
1908
1870
1824
1894
1657
1944
1917
1793
1888
1866
1873
1800
1852

Inventor
Burroughs
Pascal
Rotheim
Goodhue
Westinghouse
Carrier
Guericke
Wright Bros.
Sperry
Langley
Curtiss
Ohain
Giffard
Zeppelin
Cousteau, Gagnan
Thomson
Leroux
de la Cerva
Kettering
Benz
Morrison
Marcus
Daimler
Duryea
Bosch
Kettering
Montgolfier
Torricelli
Starley
Braille
Bunsen
Babbage
Eastman, Walker
Land
Maybach
Bissell
Ritty
Crookes
Brandenberger
Hyatt
Aspdin
Kellogg brothers
Huygens
Aiken et al
Jones
Whitney
Stone
Nobel
Greenwood
Volta
Otis

Nationality
American
French
Norwegian
American
American
American
German
American
American
American
American
German
French
German
French
American
French
Spanish
American
German
American
Austrian
German
American
German
American
French
Italian
English
French
German
English
American
American
German
American
American
English
Swiss
American
English
American
Dutch
American
American
American
American
Swedish
American
Italian
American

Elevator, push button

Engine, electric ignition
Engine, gasoline
Engine, gasoline
Engine, steam, piston
Furnace (for steel)
Gas lighting
Gasoline, lead ethyl
Gasoline, high octane
Geiger counter
Glider
Gyroscope
Harvester-thresher
Hearing aid, battery powered
Helicopter
Hydrometer
Ice-making machine
Incubator (eggs)
Iron lung
Ironing board
Jeans
Jigsaw puzzle
Kaleidoscope
Kinetoscope
Lamp, incandescent
Lamp, mercury vapor
Lamp, neon
Laser
Launderette
Lens, fused bifocal
Lightning rod
Linoleum
Lock, cylinder
Loom, power
Loudspeaker, dynamic
Magnet, electro
Maser
Mason jar
Match, friction
Metronome
Microphone
Microscope, compound
Microscope, electronic
Microscope, field ion
Motor, AC
Motor, DC
Motorcycle
Movie machine
Movie, panoramic
Movie, talking
Mower, lawn
Mowing machine

1922
1883
1872
1889
1769
1858
1792
1922
1930
1913
1853
1852
1818
1902
1939
1768
1851
1750
1928
1892
1847
1760
1817
1889
1879
1912
1909
1960
1934
1908
1752
1860
1851
1785
1924
1828
1951
1858
1827
1816
1877
1590
1931
1951
1892
1837
1885
1894
1952
1927
1831
1831

Larson
Benz
Brayton, Geo
Daimier
Watt
Siemens
Murdoch
Midgley
Ipatieff
Geiger
Cayley
Foucault
Lane
Hutchison
Sikorsky
Baume
Gorrie
Reaumur
Drinker, Slaw
Boone
Strauss
Spilsbury
Brewster
Edison
Edison
Hewitt
Claude
Maiman
Cantrell
Borsch
Franklin
Walton
Yale
Cartwright
Rice, Kellogg
Henry
Townes
Mason
Walker
Malezel
Berliner
Janssen
Knoll, Ruska
Mueller
Telsa
Davenport
Daimier
Jenkins
Waller
Warner Bros.
Budding, Ferrabee
Bailey

American
German
American
German
Scottish
German
Scottish
American
Russian
German
English
French
American
American
American
French
American
French
American
American
German
English
Scottish
American
American
American
French
American
American
American
American
English
American
English
American
American
American
American
English
German
American
Dutch
German
German
American
American
German
American
American
American
English
American

Neoprene
Nylon
Nylon synthetic
Oleomargarine
Ophthalmoscope
Outboard motor
Packaged frozen foods
Parachute
Pen, ballpoint
Pen, fountain
Pendulum
Phonograph
Photo film, celluloid
Photo film, transparent
Photo, color
Photoelectric cell
Photography
Piano
Pin, safety
Plastic (Bakelite)
Plow, cast iron
Plow, disc
Potato chips
Radar
Radio amplifier
Radio beacon
Radio crystal oscillator
Radio FM 2-path
Radio receiver, cascade tuning
Radio receiver, heterodyne
Radio signals
Radio tube oscillator
Radio tube triode
Radio tubediode
Radio, magnetic detector
Rayon
Razor, electric
Razor, safety
Reaper
Record, disc
Record, long playing
Record, wax cylinder
Refrigerants, fluorine compounnd
Refrigerator car
Resin, synthetic
Rocket engine
Roller skates
Roller skates (steerable)
Rubber, vulcanized
Saw, band
Saw, circular
Sewing machine

1930
1937
1930
1869
1851
1907
1930
1785
1888
1884
1583
1877
1893
1884
1892
1895
1835
1709
1849
1909
1785
1896
1853
1940
1906
1928
1918
1933
1913
1913
1895
1915
1906
1905
1902
1883
1928
1895
1834
1887
1947
1888
1930
1868
1931
1926
1760
1863
1839
1808
1777
1846

Carothers
Du Pont lab
Carothers
Mege-Mouries
Helmholtz
Evinrude
Birdseye
Blanchard
Loud
Walterman
Galileo
Edison
Reichenbach
Eastman, Goodwin
Ives
Elster
Daguerre
Cristofori
Hunt
Baekeland
Ransome
Hardy
Crum
Watson-Watt
De Forest
Donovan
Nicolson
Armstrong
Alexanderson
Fessenden
Marconi
De Forest
De Forest
Fleming
Marconi
Swan
Schick
Gillette
McCormick
Bell, Tainter
Goldmark
Edison
Midgely
David
Hill
Goddard
Merlin
Plimpton
Goodyear
Newberry
Miller
Howe

American
American
American
French
German
American
American
French
American
American
Italian
American
American
American
American
German
French
Italian
American
American
English
American
American
Scottish
American
American
American
American
American
American
Italian
American
American
English
Italian
English
American
American
American
American
American
American
American
American
English
American
Belgian
American
American
English
English
American

Sewing machine
Shoe-sewing machine
Sleeping car
Slide rule
Spectroscope
Spectroscope (mass)
Spinning jenny
Spinning mule
Steam car
Steam turbine
Steamboat, experimental
Steamboat, practical
Steamboat, practical
Steel alloy
Steel alloy, high-speed
Steel, electric
Steel, manganese
Steel, stainless
Stethoscope
Stethoscope, binaural
Stock ticker
Storage battery, rechargeable
Stove, electric
Submarine
Tape measure
Tape recorder, magnetic
Telegraph, magnetic
Telegraph, quadruplex
Telegraph, railroad
Telegraph, wireless high frequency
Telephone
Telescope
Telescope
Telescope, astronomical
Television, electronic
Television, iconoscope
Thermometer
Thermometer
Thermometer, mercury
Tire, pneumatic
Toaster, automatic
Toothpaste tube
Transformer A.C.
Transistor
Tungsten, ductile
Turbine, gas
Turbine, steam
Type, movable
Typewriter
Vacuum cleaner, electric
Vaseline
Velcro fastener

1851
1860
1865
1620
1859
1918
1767
1779
1770
1884
1767
1807
1802
1891
1901
1900
1884
1916
1819
1840
1870
1859
1896
1891
1868
1899
1837
1864
1887
1895
1876
1609
1608
1611
1927
1923
1593
1730
1714
1888
1918
1841
1885
1947
1912
1849
1884
1447
1867
1908
1872
1948

Singer
American
McKay
American
Pullman
American
Oughtred
English
Kirchoff, Bunsen
German
Dempster
American
Hargreaves
English
Crompton
English
Cugnot
French
Parsons
English
Hargreaves
English
Fulton
American
Symington
Scottish
Harvey
American
Taylor, White
American
Heroult
French
Hadfield
English
Brearley
English
Laennec
French
Cammann
American
Edison
American
Plante
French
Hadaway
American
Holland
American
Fellows
American
Poulsen
Danish
Morse
American
Edison
American
Woods
American
Marconi
Italian
Bell
American
Galileo
Italian
Lippershey
Netherlands
Kepler
German
Farnsworth
American
Zworykin
American
Galileo
Italian
Reaumur
French
Fahrenheit
German
Dunlop
Scottish
Srite
American
Rand
American
Stanley
American
Shockley, Brattain, B American
Coolidge
American
Bourdin
French
Parsons
English
Gutenberg
German
Sholes, Soule, Glidden American
Spangler
American
Chesebrough
American
de Mestral
Swiss

Videotape recorder
Washer, electric
Welding, electric
Wind tunnel
Wire, barbed
X-ray tube
Zipper

1960
1901
1877
1912
1873
1913
1891

Ginsberg, Anderson, DAmerican

Fisher
American
Thomson
American
Eiffel
French
Glidden
American
Coolidge
American
Judson
American

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