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  2. History of the ambulance - Wikipedia

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    Its top speed was 45 mph (72 km/h), produced by a 4-cylinder water-cooled engine. The history of the ambulance begins in ancient times, with the use of carts to transport patients. Ambulances were first used for emergency transport in 1487 by the Spanish forces during the siege of Málaga by the Catholic monarchs against the Emirate of Granada ...

  3. Garrett Morgan - Wikipedia

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    Garrett Morgan. Garrett Augustus Morgan Sr. (March 4, 1877 – July 27, 1963) was an American inventor, businessman, and community leader. His most notable inventions were a type of three-way traffic light, [1] and a protective 'smoke hood' [2] notably used in a 1916 tunnel construction disaster rescue. [3][4] Morgan also discovered and ...

  4. Thomas Edison - Wikipedia

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    Edison in 1861. Thomas Edison was born in 1847 in Milan, Ohio, but grew up in Port Huron, Michigan, after the family moved there in 1854. [8] He was the seventh and last child of Samuel Ogden Edison Jr. (1804–1896, born in Marshalltown, Nova Scotia) and Nancy Matthews Elliott (1810–1871, born in Chenango County, New York).

  5. Ermal C. Fraze - Wikipedia

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    Muncie, Indiana, U.S. Died. October 26, 1989 (aged 76) Kettering, Ohio, U.S. Alma mater. Kettering University. Known for. Inventor of the Pull tab. Ermal Cleon " Ernie " Fraze[1] (September 16, 1913 – October 26, 1989) was an American engineer who invented the pull-tab opener used in beverage cans.

  6. Alexander Winton - Wikipedia

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    Awards. Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Signature. Alexander Winton (June 20, 1860 – June 21, 1932) was a Scottish-American bicycle, automobile, and diesel engine designer and inventor, as well as a businessman and racecar driver. Winton founded the Winton Motor Carriage Company in 1897 in Cleveland, Ohio, making the city ...

  7. Ambulance - Wikipedia

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    An NHS ambulance in south-west London. An ambulance or Patient Transport Vehicle is a medically-equipped vehicle used to transport patients to treatment facilities, such as hospitals. [1] Typically, out-of-hospital medical care is provided to the patient during the transport. Ambulances are used to respond to medical emergencies by emergency ...

  8. James Floyd Smith - Wikipedia

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    James Floyd Smith. James Floyd Smith (17 October 1884 – 18 April 1956) was an inventor, aviation pioneer, and parachute manufacturer. With borrowed money, he built, then taught himself to fly his own airplane. He worked as a flight instructor and test pilot for Glenn L. Martin at Bennett's bean field, which became LAX.

  9. John William Lambert - Wikipedia

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    John William Lambert (January 29, 1860 – May 20, 1952) was an American automobile manufacturer pioneer and inventor. He is the inventor of the first practical American gasoline automobile. In 1891, he built a working gasoline automobile and took it on the streets of Ohio City for experimental drives. [1][2] He had over 600 patents.