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Robert McCormick Jr. (June 8, 1780 – July 4, 1846) was an American inventor who invented numerous devices including a version of the reaper.His eldest son Cyrus McCormick patented this in 1834 and it became the foundation of the International Harvester Company.
As a descendant of rugby, the modern sport now known as American football is generally credited to its inventor, Walter Camp, who beginning in the 1880s, devised the play from scrimmage, the numerical assessment of goals and tries, the restriction of play to eleven men per side, set plays, sequences, and strategy features which led to the ...
American inventors, persons who created or discovered a new method, form, device or other useful means that became known as an invention. Pages in this category should be moved to subcategories where applicable.
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.
Pages in category "18th-century American inventors" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Timeline of United States inventions (1890–1945), before World War II; Timeline of United States inventions (1946–1991), during the Cold War; Timeline of United States inventions (after 1991), after the dissolution of the Soviet Union
Robert Fulton (November 14, 1765 – February 24, 1815) was an American engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing the world's first commercially successful steamboat, the North River Steamboat (also known as Clermont).
Anna Mangin (1844–1931) – American inventor, educator, caterer and women's rights campaigner; Charles Mantoux (1877–1947), France – Mantoux test (tuberculosis) Guglielmo Marconi (1874–1937), Italy – radio telegraphy; Gheorghe Marinescu (1863–1938), Romania – first science films in the world in the neurology clinic in Bucharest ...