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  2. Timeline of United States inventions (1890–1945) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Timeline of United States inventions - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Timeline of historic inventions - Wikipedia

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    1904: The Fleming valve, the first vacuum tube and diode, is invented by John Ambrose Fleming. 1907: The first free flight of a rotary-wing aircraft is carried out by Paul Cornu. 1907: Leo Baekeland invents bakelite, the first plastic made from synthetic components.

  5. Timeline of United States inventions (before 1890) - Wikipedia

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    Allen B. Wilson invented it during the time period 1850 to 1854. [112] U.S. patent #12116 was issued on December 18, 1854. [113] 1850 Vibrating shuttle. A vibrating shuttle in its carrier. A vibrating shuttle is a bobbin driver design used in home lockstitch sewing machines during the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the ...

  6. Carl Benz - Wikipedia

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    Carl Benz. Carl (or Karl) Friedrich Benz (German: [kaʁl ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈbɛnts] ⓘ; born Karl Friedrich Michael Vaillant; 25 November 1844 – 4 April 1929) was a German engine designer and automotive engineer. His Benz Patent-Motorwagen from 1885 is considered the first practical modern automobile and first car put into series production. [1]

  7. Time travel in fiction - Wikipedia

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    Time travel is a common theme in fiction, mainly since the late 19th century, and has been depicted in a variety of media, such as literature, television, film, and advertisements. [1][2] The concept of time travel by mechanical means was popularized in H. G. Wells ' 1895 story, The Time Machine. [3][4] In general, time travel stories focus on ...

  8. 1890s - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The 1890s (pronounced "eighteen-nineties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1890, and ended on December 31, 1899. In American popular culture, the decade would later be nostalgically referred to as the "Gay Nineties" (Gay as in 'carefree', 'cheerful', or 'bright and showy').

  9. Making History (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Fox. Release. March 5. (2017-03-05) –. May 21, 2017. (2017-05-21) Making History is an American sitcom created by Julius Sharpe for the Fox Broadcasting Company. [1][2][3] Executive-produced by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, created and written by Julius Sharpe, the show stars Adam Pally, Leighton Meester, and Yassir Lester.