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.