Inventions

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  • English dictionary

    English dictionary
    Samuel Johnson publishes the first English language dictionary
  • submarine

    submarine
    David Bushnell invents a submarine.
  • circular saw

    circular saw
    Gervinus invents the circular saw.
  • hot air balloon

    hot air balloon
    The Montgolfier brothers invent the hot-air balloon.
  • smallpox vacination

    smallpox vacination
    Edward Jenner creates a smallpox vaccination.
  • battery

    battery
    Alessandro Volta invents the battery.
  • tin can

    tin can
    Peter Durand invents the tin can.
  • miner lamp

    miner lamp
    Humphry Davy invents the miner's lamp.
  • type writter

    type writter
    American, W.A. Burt invents a typewriter.
  • revolver

    revolver
    history of revolvers
    Samuel Colt invented the first revolver.
  • morse code

    morse code
    Samual Morse invents Morse Code.
  • safety pin

    safety pin
    Walter Hunt invents the safety pin.
  • machine gun

    machine gun
    Richard Gatling patents the machine gun.
  • dynamite

    dynamite
    Alfred Nobel invents dynamite
  • cash register

    cash register
    James Ritty invents the first working, mechanical cash register.
  • air plane

    air plane
    The Wright brothers invent the first gas motored and manned airplane.
  • microwave oven

    microwave oven
    The microwave oven invented by Percy Spencer.
  • LCD

    LCD
    [history of lcd](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid-crystal_display)
    The liquid-crystal display (LCD) invented by James Fergason.
  • roller blades

    roller blades
    Scott Olson invents roller blades.
  • Prozac

    Prozac
    Prozac invented at the Eli Lilly Company by inventor Ray Fuller.