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typewriter
The first typewriter to be commercially successful was patented in 1868 by Americans Christopher Latham Sholes, Frank Haven Hall, Carlos Glidden and Samuel W. -
rotary phone
The first true rotary phone patent was granted to Almon Brown Strowger on November 29, 1892 -
moonlight tower
They are the 165-foot-tall towers that support outdoor lighting for parts of Austin. Thirty-one of these metal giants were erected in 1895 using electricity from Austin's first power plant on the Colorado River. -
Radio
Guglielmo Marconi was issued the first patent for a wireless radio device in England in 1896. -
xerography
xerography is a dry copying process in which black or colored powder adheres to parts of a surface remaining electrically charged after being exposed to light from an image of the document to be copied.