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Period: to
100 years ago
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Zeppelin
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin was the inventor of the rigid airship.https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-airships-and-balloons-1991241 -
Radio Receiver
The first radio receiver, successfully received a radio transmission
https://www.thoughtco.com/invention-of-radio-1992382 -
Neon Light
George Claude invented neon light.https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-neon-signs-1992355 -
The Wright brothers invent the first gas motored and manned airplane.
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Albert Einstein published the Theory of Relativity and made famous the equation, E = mc2.
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Sonar
Lewis Nixon invents the first sonar like device.https://www.thoughtco.com/the-history-of-sonar-1992436 -
Color photography invented by Auguste and Louis Lumiere.
In 1907, the brothers invented the Autochrome color photography plate. -
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Instant coffee invented by G. Washington.
https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-how-we-make-coffee-1991478
Washington was living in Guatemala and at the time when he observed dried coffee on his coffee carafe, after experimenting he created "Red E Coffee" - the brand name for his instant coffee first marketed in 1909. -
Thomas Edison demonstrated the first talking motion picture.
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Thomas Edison demonstrated the first talking motion picture.
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automobile electrical ignition system
Charles Franklin Kettering invents the first automobile electrical ignition system.https://www.thoughtco.com/charles-kettering-electrical-ignition-system-4076281 -
Candy
Clarence Crane created Life Savers candy in 1912.https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-life-savers-candy-4076664 -
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Gas Mask
Garrett A. Morgan invents the Morgan gas mask. https://www.thoughtco.com/garrett-morgan-profile-1992160 -
Eugene Sullivan and William Taylor co-invented Pyrex in New York City.
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Radio tuners
Radio tuners invented, that received different stations.https://www.thoughtco.com/invention-of-radio-1992382 -
Gideon Sundback patented the modern zipper (not the first zipper).
https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-the-zipper-4066245
Gideon Sundback's new and improved system increased the number of fastening elements from four per inch to ten or eleven, had two facing-rows of teeth that pulled into a single piece by the slider, and increased the opening for the teeth guided by the slider. His patent for the "Separable Fastener" was issued in 1917. -
Fortune cookies
Charles Jung invented fortune cookies.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_cookie -
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Tommy Gun
The tommy gun patented by John T Thompson.https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-firearms-1992122
