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Timeline of United States inventions (before 1890), before the turn of the century. 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 Fall of the Soviet Union.
Timeline of United States inventions (before 1890) Eli Whitney (1765–1825) is best known for inventing the cotton gin in October 1793 and patenting it on March 14, 1794; [1] a key invention of the Industrial Revolution that shaped the economy of the antebellum South. [2]
Timeline of United States inventions (1890–1945) Robert H. Goddard (1882–1945), the American physicist and inventor who built and launched the world's first liquid-propellant rocket on March 16, 1926. [1] Goddard held 214 patents for his inventions and pioneering innovations in liquid-propelled, guided, and multi-stage rockets. [2] This ...
Hailed by Time magazine as one of the best inventions of 2001, the Bio-Artificial Liver brought new hope to patients around the world. Developed by Dr. Kenneth Matsumura, the Bio-Artificial Liver ...
t. e. A timeline of United States inventions (after 1991) encompasses the ingenuity and innovative advancements of the United States within a historical context, dating from the Contemporary era to the present day, which have been achieved by inventors who are either native-born or naturalized citizens of the United States.
The early technological and industrial development in the United States was facilitated by a unique confluence of geographical, social, and economic factors. The relative lack of workers kept U.S. wages generally higher than salaries in Europe and provided an incentive to mechanize some tasks.
Some of the most prominent inventions, institutions, and pop-culture phenomena that we take for granted today came about back in 1971. ... The Greatest American Inventions of the Past 50 Years ...
1915: The first operational military tanks are designed in Great Britain and France. They are used in battle from 1916 and 1917 respectively. The designers in Great Britain are Walter Wilson and William Tritton and in France, Eugène Brillié. (Although it is known that vehicles incorporating at least some of the features of the tank were ...