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Inventions

By Rockett-Brockett33

  • Clock

    Clock
    This was Eli Terry's first patent on a clock. It was the equation clock.

  • Safety Pin

    Safety Pin
    Walter Hunt invented the safelty pin. He later sold his patent for $400 (about $10,000 today).

  • Beehive

    Beehive
    Lorenzo Lorraine Langtroth invented the beehive. By 1852, he made over 100 beehives and started selling them.

  • Mason Jar

    Mason Jar
    It was invented by John Mason. The patent was primarily for the exterior threads in the jar and a corresponding metal cap".

  • Door Lock

    Door Lock
    Linus Yale, Jr. invented the door lock, which was designed to be fire-proof.

  • Dynamite

    Dynamite
    Dynamite was invented by Alfred Nobel. It is named after the Greek word "dynamis" meaning power.

  • Barbed Wire

    Barbed Wire
    Joseph Glidden invented the barbed wire. He opened the Barb Fence Company, which made him rich.

  • Breakfast Cereal

    Breakfast Cereal
    Breakfast cereal was patented by John Kellogg. He originally called it Granola, but changed the name from Corn Flakes.

  • Dissolvable Pills

    Dissolvable Pills
    William E. Upjohn invented this. He served 40 years as the president of Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.

  • Aluminum

    Aluminum
    Charles Martin Hall invented aluminum. He launched the Aluminum Company of America.