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In the early decades of its history, the United States was relatively isolated from Europe and also rather poor. At this stage, America's scientific infrastructure was still quite primitive compared to the long-established societies, institutes, and universities in Europe. Eight of America's founding fathers were scientists of some repute.
Cowan, Ruth Schwartz (1997), A Social History of American Technology, New York: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-504605-6; Martello, Robert (2010), Midnight Ride, Industrial Dawn: Paul Revere and the Growth of American Enterprise, Balitimore: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology, ISBN 9781421401003
In water-powered mills, a sluice gate opens a channel, starts the water flowing, and a water wheel turning. In 1787, American inventor Oliver Evans revolutionized this labor-intensive process by building the first fully automatic mill using bucket elevators, screw conveyors, and the hopper boy to spread, cool, and dry the meal between grinding ...
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.
Technology portal; Timelines of United States inventions. Timeline of United States inventions (before 1890) Timeline of United States inventions (after 1991) Related topics. History of United States patent law; Lemelson Foundation; Lemelson–MIT Prize; List of African-American inventors and scientists; List of inventors
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
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American inventor Lee de Forest invented the triode. 1908: Scottish engineer Alan Archibald Campbell-Swinton, laid out the principles of television. 1909: Mica capacitor was invented by William Dubilier. 1911: Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovered Superconductivity. 1912: American engineer Edwin Howard Armstrong developed the ...