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Invention of the dishwasher
Joel Houghton was granted the first patent for a dishwasher. -
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Isaac Singer invents a sewing machine.
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Jean Bernard Léon Foucault invents gyroscope.
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George Cayley invents a manned glider
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Richard Gatling patents the machine gun.
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Alfred Nobel invents dynamite.
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J P Knight invents traffic lights.
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J.S. Risdon patents the metal windmill.
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Joseph Glidden invents barbed wire.
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Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone.
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The British Perforated Paper Company invents a form of toilet paper.
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James Ritty invents the first working, mechanical cash register.
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Marvin Stone patents the spiral winding process to manufacture the first paper drinking straws.
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American, W.L. Judson invents the zipper.
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Edwin Prescott patents the roller coaster.
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Charles Seeberger redesigned Jesse Reno's escalator and invented the modern escalator.
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Hubert Booth invents a compact and modern vacuum cleaner.
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Benjamin Holt invents a tractor.
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Color photography invented by Auguste and Louis Lumiere.
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The first tank patented by Australian inventor De La Mole
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Mary Phelps Jacob invents the bra.
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Stainless steel invented by Henry Brearly
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The pop-up toaster invented by Charles Strite.
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Artificial life begins -- the first robot built.
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The dynamic loudspeaker invented by Rice and Kellogg
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Polaroid photography invented by Edwin Herbert Land.
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Peter Goldmark invents modern color television system
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Robert Hope-Jones invented the Wurlitzer jukebox.