UNITED STATES HISTORY

 

 

INVENTIONS

Air Brake

George Westinghouse 1868

 

Air Conditioning

Willis Carrier 1911

 

Aircraft Autopilot

Elmer A. Sperry 1911

 

Barbed Wire

Joseph E. Glidden 1873

 

Fountain Pen

Lewis E. Waterman 1884

 

Frozen Food

Clarence Birdseye 1924

 

Gyrocompass

Elmer Sperry 1905

 

Liquid Fueled Rocket

Robert Goddard 1926

 


Measles Vaccine

John Enders and Thomas Peebles 1953

 


Microwave Oven

Percy Spencer 1947

 


Motion Pictures

Thomas A. Edison 1893

 

Sewing Machine
Elias Howe 1846

Spruce Based Chewing Gum
John Curtis 1848

Xerography
Chester Carlson 1938

Zipper
W.L. Judson 1891

 

 

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