Connecticut Inventors
Samuel Colt Colt Revolver -
Charles Goodyear Vulcanized Rubber -
Robert N. Hall invented the semiconductor injection laser -
Edwin H. Land Polaroid photography -
Kenneth H. Olsen invented vital computer components and "Magnetic Core Memory", cofounder of Digital Equipment Corporation -
Mary Kies first woman to receive a US patent -
Scott Werndorfer invented Trilliana universal instant messenger - Phineas T. Barnum (1810 - 1891) founded the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus -
Walter Camp instituted the rules for football -
William Middlebrook patented a machine for making paper clips of the Gem design in 1899 - Noah Webster (1758 - 1843) created the first dictionary published in 1807 -
Dr. Washington Sheffield manufactured the first toothpaste in a collapsible tube in 1892 -
Ezra Warner patented the first can opener in 1858 -
John Fitch invented steamboats
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