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U.S. Inventors (C20)
inventors of the late 1800s to early 1900s era
| Inventor | Invention |
|---|---|
| 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 |