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  2. Timeline of historic inventions - Wikipedia

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    The timeline of historic inventions is a chronological list of particularly important or significant technological inventions and their inventors, where known. [a]

  3. Invention - Wikipedia

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    An invention is a unique or novel device, method, composition, idea or process. An invention may be an improvement upon a machine, product, or process for increasing ...

  4. The Greatest American Inventions of the Past 50+ Years - AOL

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    From the first Apple computer to the COVID-19 vaccine, here are the most revolutionary inventions that were born in the U.S.A. in the past half-century.

  5. Timeline of United States inventions (before 1890) - Wikipedia

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    Furthermore, if the definition of a motorcycle is inclusive of a steam engine and not exclusive to an internal combustion engine, then the world's first motorcycle may either have been American; a coal-powered, two-cylinder, steam-driven motorcycle known as the Roper steam velocipede invented by Sylvester Howard Roper in 1867; [170] [171] or ...

  6. List of English inventions and discoveries - Wikipedia

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    English inventions and discoveries are objects, processes or techniques invented, innovated or discovered, partially or entirely, in England by a person from England. Often, things discovered for the first time are also called inventions and in many cases, there is no clear line between the two. Nonetheless, science and technology in England ...

  7. Technological and industrial history of the United States

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    Cyrus McCormick's reaper (invented in 1834) allowed farmers to quadruple their harvesting efficiency by replacing hand labor with a mechanical device. John Deere invented the steel plow in 1837, keeping the soil from sticking to the plow and making it easier to farm in the rich prairies of the Midwest. The harvester, self-binder, and combine ...

  8. The iconic American inventor is still a white male - AOL

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    When President Barack Obama signed the America Invents Act in 2011, he was surrounded by a group of people of diverse ages, genders and races. The speech he delivered about the legislation, which ...

  9. Timeline of scientific discoveries - Wikipedia

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    1290: Eyeglasses are invented in Northern Italy, [109] possibly Pisa, demonstrating knowledge of human biology and optics, to offer bespoke works that compensate for an individual human disability. 1295: Scottish priest Duns Scotus writes about the mutual beneficence of trade. [110]