click here to learn more William Sempler and Amos Tyler- Both Semple and Tyler are credited with inventing chewing gum. Semple, a doctor from Mount Vernon, made his chewing gum out of rubber and claimed it could clean teeth. Tyler, a Toledo resident, patented chewing gum in July 1869.
Click here to learn more Thomas Edison had built his first high resistance, incandescent electric light. It worked by passing electricity through a thin platinum filament in the glass vacuum bulb, which delayed the filament from melting. Still, the lamp only burned for a few short hours.
Click here to learn more John William Lambert: A resident of Ohio City, Lambert built the first gasoline-powered single-cylinder automobile in 1890. Lambert’s car could reach speeds up to five miles per hour.
Click here to learn more Orville and Wilbur Wright: These two brothers owned a bicycle shop in Dayton and from their youth, had been interested in flight. The Wrights developed wing designs for an airplane, and on December 17, 1903, successfully flew their powered aircraft.
Click here to learn more Murray Spangler: In 1907, Spangler, a janitor from Canton, invented the vacuum cleaner. A relative of Spangler’s, W.H. Hoover, manufactured and sold Spangler’s invention throughout the world.
Click here to learn more Charles Kettering: Along with a team of workers, Kettering invented the first automobile self-starter in 1911. Before this, drivers would have to crank the engine by hand before entering the automobile. Kettering held more than 300 patents, most of which were used with automobiles.
Click here to learn more Garret Morgan: After witnessing a crash between an automobile and a buggy, Cleveland entrepreneur Morgan was inspired to develop a traffic signal. The 1923 patent Morgan received for his traffic light was not his first.