| I900 |
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The zeppelin
invented by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin.
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Charles Seeberger redesigned Jesse Reno's
escalator and invented the modern escalator.
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| 1901 |
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| 1902 |
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| 1903 |
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| 1904 |
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| 1905 |
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| 1906 |
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| 1907 |
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| 1908 |
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The gyrocompass
invented by Elmer A. Sperry.
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Cellophane
invented by Jacques E. Brandenberger.
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Model
T first sold.
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J W Geiger and W Müller invent
the geiger counter.
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Fritz Haber invents the Haber Process
for making artificial nitrates.
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| 1909 |
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| 1910 |
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| 1911 |
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Charles Franklin Kettering invents the
first automobile electrical ignition
system.
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| 1912 |
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Motorized movie cameras invented,
replaced hand-cranked cameras.
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The first tank patented by Australian
inventor De La Mole.
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Clarence Crane created Life
Savers candy in 1912.
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| 1913 |
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The crossword
puzzle invented by Arthur Wynne.
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The Merck Chemical Company patented,
what is now know as, ecstasy.
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Mary Phelps Jacob invents the bra.
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Gideon Sundback invented the modern
zipper.
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| 1914 |
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Garrett A. Morgan invents the Morgan
gas
mask.
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| 1915 |
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Eugene Sullivan and William Taylor co-invented
Pyrex
in New York City.
|
| 1916 |
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Radios
tuners invented, that received different stations.
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Stainless steel
invented by Henry Brearly.
|
| 1917 |
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Gideon Sundback patented the modern
zipper
(not the first zipper).
|
| 1918 |
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The superheterodyne
radio circuit invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong. Today, every
radio or television set uses this invention.
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Charles Jung invented fortune cookies.
|
| 1919 |
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The pop-up
toaster invented by Charles Strite.
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Short-wave radio invented.
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The flip-flop circuit invented.
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The arc
welder invented.
|
| 1920 |
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The tommy
gun patented by John T Thompson.
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The Band-Aid
(pronounced 'ban-'dade) invented by Earle Dickson.
|
| 1921 |
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Artificial life begins -- the first
robot
built.
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John Larson invented the lie
detector.
|
| 1922 |
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Insulin
invented by Sir Frederick Grant Banting.
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The first 3-D movie (spectacles
with one red and one green lens) is released.
|
| 1923 |
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Garrett A. Morgan invents a traffic
signal.
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The television or iconoscope
(cathode-ray tube) invented by Vladimir Kosma Zworykin.
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John Harwood invented the self-windingwatch
in 1923.
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Clarence Birdseye invents frozen
food.
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| 1924 |
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| 1925 |
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