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Alexander Graham Bell placing the first New York to Chicago telephone call in 1892. Other scientists had come to the United States to take part in the nation's rapid growth. Alexander Graham Bell, who arrived from Scotland by way of Canada in 1872, developed and patented the telephone and related inventions.
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.
Although the shuttle was the result of a group effort, NASA pioneer Dr. George A. Mueller is credited with developing the shuttle after he completed Project Apollo. Space Shuttle Columbia's maiden ...
In 1641, the first patent in North America was issued to Samuel Winslow by the General Court of Massachusetts for a new method of making salt. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] On April 10, 1790, President George Washington signed the Patent Act of 1790 (1 Stat. 109) into law which proclaimed that patents were to be authorized for "any useful art, manufacture ...
The following articles cover the timeline of United States inventions: 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
B. Babbitt (alloy) Baby monitor; Bait car; Ballistic electron emission microscopy; Balloon catheter; Ballpoint pen; Banjo clock; Barbed wire; Barcode; Barcode reader
Snow Goggles. Snow goggles were invented by the Inuit and Yupik Indians, Arctic native people who lived in modern day Alaska. DeGennaro told CNN the goggles were often carved from driftwood, whale ...
August 12 – The NASA Space Shuttle Enterprise makes its first test free-flight from the back of a jetliner. August 15 – Ohio State University Radio Observatory , working on the SETI project, receives a strong narrowband radio signal from deep space; the event is named the Wow! signal for a notation made by researcher Jerry R. Ehman .