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| Invention |
Inventor |
When invented |
| air conditioning unit |
Frederick M. Jones |
July 12, 1949 |
| air ship (dirigible) |
J.F. Pickering |
1892 |
| almanac |
Benjamin Banneker |
1791 — approximate date |
| automatic car coupling for trains |
Andrew Beard |
1897 |
| automatic cutoff switch |
Granville T. Woods |
January 1, 1839 |
| automatic fishing device |
G. Cook |
May 30, 1899 |
| automatic gear shift |
Richard Spikes |
February 28, 1932 |
| automatic lubricating system for railroads and machines |
Elijah McCoy |
October 27, 1891 |
| automatic shoe making machine |
Jan Matzelinger |
1883 |
| baby buggy |
W.H. Richardsopn |
June 18, 1899 |
| bicycle frame |
L.R. Johnson |
October 10, 1899 |
| biscuit cutter |
Alexander P. Ashbourne |
November 30, 1875 |
| blood plasma bag, blood bank |
Charles Drew |
1945 — approximate date |
| caps for bottles and jars |
A.E. Long & A.A Jones |
1898 |
| casket lowering device |
A.C. Richardson |
November 3, 1894 |
| cellular phone |
Henry T. Sampson |
July 6, 1971 |
| chamber commode |
T. Elkins |
January 3, 1897 |
| clothes dryer |
G.T. Sampson |
June 6, 1862 |
| clothes wringer |
Ellen Elgin |
1880s |
| combined furrow opener and stalk knocker |
G.W. Murray |
April 10, 1894 |
| cotton chopper |
G.W. Murray |
June 5, 1894 |
| cultivator and marker |
G.W. Murray |
April 10, 1894 |
| curtain rod |
S.R. Scratton |
November 30, 1899 |
| curtain rod support |
William S. Grant |
August 4, 1896 |
| door stop |
O. Dorsey |
December 10, 1878 |
| dust pan |
Lawrence P. Ray |
August 3, 1897 |
| egg beater |
Willie Johnson |
February 5, 1884 |
| electric lampbulb |
Lewis Latimer |
March 21, 1882 |
| elevator |
Alexander Miles |
October 11, 1867 |
| eye protector |
P. Johnson |
November 2, 1880 |
| electric railway trolley |
Elbert R. Robinson |
1880s |
| fire escape bracket |
C.V. Richey |
December 28, 1897 |
| fire escape ladder |
J.W. Winters |
May 7, 1878 |
| folding bed |
L.C. Bailey |
July 18, 1899 |
| folding chair |
Brody & Surgwar |
June 11, 1889 |
| fountain pen |
W.B. Purvis |
January 7, 1890 |
| fruit press |
Madeline M. Turner |
1916 |
| furniture caster |
O.A. Fisher |
1878 |
| galoshes |
A.L. Rickman |
1898 |
| gas mask |
Garrett A. Morgan |
October 13, 1914 |
| golf tee |
G. F. Grant |
December 12, 1899 |
| guitar |
Robert F. Flemming, Jr. |
March 3, 1886 |
| hair brush |
Lydia O. Newman |
November 15, 18? |
| heating furnace |
Alice Parker |
1918 |
| hand stamp |
Walter B. Purvis |
February 27, 1897 |
| horse shoe |
J. Ricks |
March 30, 1885 |
| ice cream |
Augustus Jackson |
1832 |
| ice cream scooper |
A.L. Cralle |
February 2, 1897 |
| improved sugar making |
Norbet Rillieux |
December 10, 1887 |
| insect destroyer gun |
A.C. Richard |
January 9, 1894 |
| ironing board |
Sarah Boone |
August 19, 1884 |
| key chain |
F.J. Loudin |
May 19, 1889 |
| lantern |
Michael C. Harvey |
December 8, 1893 |
| lawn mower |
L.A. Burr |
July 23, 18? |
| lawn sprinkler |
J.S. Smith |
May 4, 1897 |
| lemon squeezer |
J. Thomas White |
November 15, 1895 |
| lock |
W.A. Martin |
1887 |
| lunch pail |
James Robinson |
June 11, 1893 |
| mail box |
Paul L. Downing |
June 27, 1893 |
| mop |
Thomas W. Stewart |
June 11, 1893 |
| motor |
Frederick M. Jones |
June 27, 1939 |
| multiplex telegraph system (allowed messages to be sent and received from moving trains) |
Granville T. Woods |
1887 |
| peanut butter |
George Washington Carver |
1896 |
| pencil sharpener |
J.L. Love |
November 23, 1897 |
| planter |
G.W. Murray |
April 10, 1894 |
| railway air brakes (first safe method of stopping trains) |
Granville T. Woods |
1903 |
| range oven |
Thomas Carrington |
1876 |
| record player arm |
Joseph Hunger Dickenson |
January 8, 1819 |
| refining of coconut oil |
A.P. Abourne |
July 27, 1980 |
| refrigerator |
John Standard |
June 14, 1891 |
| riding saddles |
W.D. Davis |
October 6, 1895 |
| rolling pin |
John W. Reed |
1864 |
| shampoo headrest |
C.O. Baliff |
October 11, 1898 |
| small pox inoculation (he brought this method from Africa where advanced medical practices
were in use long before Europeans had any medical knowledge) |
Onesimus |
1721 |
| spark plug |
Edmond Berger |
February 2, 1839 |
| spring seat for chairs |
A. B. Blackburn |
April 3, 1888 |
| steam boiler/radiator |
Granville T. Woods |
1884 |
| stethoscope |
Imhotep |
Ancient Egypt |
| stove |
T.A. Carrington |
July 25, 1876 |
| straightening comb |
Madame C.J. Walker |
1905 — approximate date |
| street sweeper |
Charles B. Brooks |
March 17, 1890 |
| pastry fork |
Anna M. Mangin |
March 1, 1892 |
| pencil sharpener |
J.L. Love |
November 23, 1897 |
| phone transmitter |
Granville T. Woods |
December 2, 1884 |
| portable fire escape |
D. McCree |
November 11, 1890 |
| thermostat control |
Frederick M. Jones |
February 23, 1960 |
| toilet |
T. Elkins |
1897 |
| traffic light |
Garrett A. Morgan |
November 20, 1923 |
| two cycle gasoline engine |
Frederick M. Jones |
November 28, 1950 |
| tricycle |
M.A. Cherry |
May 6, 1886 |
| trolley car |
Granville T. Woods |
1888 |
| typewriter |
Burridge & Marshman |
April 7, 1885 |
| window cleaner |
A.L. Lewis |
1892 |
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