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U.S. Inventors (C20)
inventors of the late 1800s to early 1900s era
Inventor | Invention |
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Samuel Morse | telegraph |
Cyrus Field | laid telegraph cable across Atlantic Ocean |
Alexander Graham Bell | telephone |
Christopher Sholes | typewriter |
William Burroughs | adding machine |
George Eastman | Kodak camera |
John Thurman | vacuum cleaner |
Thomas Edison | phonograph, motion picture projector, storage battery, light bulb, power plants |
George Westinghouse | air brakes, transformers, method for safely transporting natural gas, many other safety devices |
Lewis Howard Latimer | improved wire for use in light bulb |
Granville Woods | electric incubator, improved brake for railroads, among many others |
Elijah McCoy | mechanism for oiling machinery |
Jan E. Matzeliger | shoe-making machine |
Henry Ford | Model T, assembly line |
Samuel Langley | model airplane that flew almost a mile |
Wilbur and Orville Wright | various airplanes and research |