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Johannes Gutenburg invented the printing press in 1440.
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Ben Franklin invented many things, but one of his first inventions was the electrical tube, made in 1747.
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Robert Fulton invented the steamboat in 1765.
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James Watt invented an improved steam engine called the Watt steam engine in 1781.
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Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in 1794.
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Dr. Edward Jenner invented the first vaccine. It was a vaccine for smallpox and it was created in 1796.
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Joseph-Nicephore Niepce took the first photograph and invented photography in 1827.
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Samuel Morse invented the telegraph in 1844.
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L.E Waterman invented the capillary feed fountain pen in 1844.
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Isaac singer invented the sewing machine in 1850.
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Elisha Otis invented the Elevator in 1853.
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Ezra J. Warner invented the first can opener in 1858
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Étienne Lenoir invented the first commercially successful internal combustion engine back in 1858.
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Christopher Latham Soles invented the typewriter in 1868.
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Elijah McCoy invented a lubricator for oiling steam engines in 1872.
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Levi Strauss invented the blue jeans in 1873.
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Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876.
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Thomas Edison invented the light bulb in 1879.
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Whitcomb Judson invented the zipper in 1890.
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W.H Carrier invented air conditioning in 1902.
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Edwin Binney and Harold Smith invented the Crayola crayon in 1902.
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Orville & Wilbur Wright invented the first successful airplane in 1903.
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Richard Drew invented masking tape and scotch tape in 1925 and 1930.
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Alexander Fleming revolutionized medicine because he discovered Penicillin in 1928.
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Dr. Charles Drew invented techniques for blood storage which lead to his creation of the first blood banks in 1938.
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James Wright invented Silly Putty in 1943.
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Richard James invented the slinky in 1943.
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Percy L. Spencer invented the microwave oven in 1946.
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Bette Nesmith Graham invented Liquid Paper in 1956.
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Arthur Granjean invented the Etch a Sketch in 1959.
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Ann Moore invented the Snugli in 1968.
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Spencer Silver invented Post-It notes in 1970.