Inventions of 1800's

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  • gattling gun

    gattling gun
    Dr. Richard J. Gatling in 1861 and patented on November 4, 1862. Gatling wrote that he created it to reduce the size of armies and so reduce the number of deaths by combat and disease, and to show how futile war is.
  • jeans

    jeans
    These where very useful back in the days, why? Because, when goldminers would go work, they had to were very heavy durable pants but these pants significantly reduced weight but kept the safe durability
  • lighbulb

    lighbulb
    The light bulb was created by thomas edison. this helped workers increase productivty and allowed them work at night.
  • Stapler

    Stapler
    George McGill invted the stapler to help keep papers together, at first he made a brass puncher that wasnt very good at doing its job but then he made a bigger but stronger and faster stapler that was commercially succcesful.
  • Coca-cola

    Coca-cola
    This soft drink was invented by John Pemberton, in order to cure his own opiod addiction. Later he started to sell it as medicine in his pharmacy store saying it could cure many illneses. It even had coca leafs.