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His invention is really called dry scouring. -
The polished steel plow became a turning point for farming. -
His invention helped the mass production of sewing machines and clothing. -
He made toliet paper with aloe so it would prevent hemorrhoids. -
The idea of storing food in cans dates back almost 50 years earlier when Peter Durand of England patented a can made of wrought iron with a tin lining. -
Three years later after he made the first gas powered motor he formed a partnership with the German industrialist Eugen Langen, and together they developed an improved engine that won a gold medal at the Paris Exposition of 1867. -
May 20, 1873 marked an historic day the birth of the blue jean. It was on that day that Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis obtained a U.S. patent on the process of putting rivets in men's work pants for the very first time. -
The telephone has changed a lot since he invented the telephone. -
His invention was the first practical electric incandescent lamp. -
He carried a jug of the new product down to Jacobs' Pharmacy in Atlanta. There, it was sampled, pronounced excellent and placed on sale as a soda fountain drink for five cents a glass. -
The cameras name is Kodak. -
The Ferris wheel is the most famous ride at the carnival. -
The radio is still used to this day. -
Mary Anderson thought it made no sense that New York streetcar drivers had to keep jumping off to clean snow from the windshield. So she made the windshield wiper. -
They are known as the Wright brothers.