Invention Year Inventor Nationality Reference Adding machine 1885 Burroughs American Encyclopedia Adding machine 1642 Pascal French Addressograph 1892 Rotheim Norwegian Aerosol spray 1926 Goodhue American Air brake 1868 Westinghouse American Air conditioning 1911 Carrier American Air pump 1654 Guericke German Airplane with motor 1903 Wright Bros. American "Airplane, automatic pilot" 1912 Sperry American "Airplane, experimental" 1896 Langley American "Airplane, hydro" 1911 Curtiss American "Airplane, jet engine" 1939 Ohain German Airship 1852 Giffard French "Airship, rigid dirigible" 1900 Zeppelin German Aqua-lung 1942 "Cousteau, Gagnan" French Arc welder 1919 Thomson American Aspirin 1828 Leroux French Autogyro 1920 de la Cerva Spanish Automobile muffler 1910 Kettering American "Automobile, differential gear" 1885 Benz German "Automobile, electric" 1892 Morrison American "Automobile, experimental" 1864 Marcus Austrian "Automobile, gasoline" 1889 Daimler German "Automobile, gasoline" 1892 Duryea American "Automobile, magneto" 1897 Bosch German "Automobile, self-starter" 1911 Kettering American Balloon 1783 Montgolfier French Barometer 1643 Torricelli Italian "Bicycle, modern" 1885 Starley English Braille printing 1829 Braille French "Burner, gas" 1855 Bunsen German Calculating machine 1833 Babbage English "Camera, Kodak" 1888 "Eastman, Walker" American "Camera, Polaroid Land" 1948 Land American "Carburetor, gasoline" 1893 Maybach German Carpet sweeper 1876 Bissell American Cash register 1879 Ritty American Cathode ray tube 1878 Crookes English Cellophane 1908 Brandenberger Swiss Celluloid 1870 Hyatt American "Cement, Portland" 1824 Aspdin English Cereal (wheat flakes) 1894 Kellogg brothers American "Clock, pendulum" 1657 Huygens Dutch "Computer, automatic sequence" 1944 Aiken et al American "Corn, hybrid" 1917 Jones American Cotton gin 1793 Whitney American Drinking Straw (wax coated paper) 1888 Stone American Dynamite 1866 Nobel Swedish Earmuffs 1873 Greenwood American Electric battery 1800 Volta Italian "Elevator, w/braking device" 1852 Otis American "Elevator, push button" 1922 Larson American "Engine, electric ignition" 1883 Benz German "Engine, gasoline" 1872 "Brayton, Geo" American "Engine, gasoline" 1889 Daimier German "Engine, steam, piston" 1769 Watt Scottish Furnace (for steel) 1858 Siemens German Gas lighting 1792 Murdoch Scottish "Gasoline, lead ethyl" 1922 Midgley American "Gasoline, high octane" 1930 Ipatieff Russian Geiger counter 1913 Geiger German Glider 1853 Cayley English Gyroscope 1852 Foucault French Harvester-thresher 1818 Lane American "Hearing aid, battery powered" 1902 Hutchison American Helicopter 1939 Sikorsky American Hydrometer 1768 Baume French Ice-making machine 1851 Gorrie American Incubator (eggs) 1750 Reaumur French Iron lung 1928 "Drinker, Slaw" American Ironing board 1892 Boone American Jeans 1847 Strauss German Jigsaw puzzle 1760 Spilsbury English Kaleidoscope 1817 Brewster Scottish Kinetoscope 1889 Edison American "Lamp, incandescent" 1879 Edison American "Lamp, mercury vapor" 1912 Hewitt American "Lamp, neon" 1909 Claude French Laser 1960 Maiman American Launderette 1934 Cantrell American "Lens, fused bifocal" 1908 Borsch American Lightning rod 1752 Franklin American Linoleum 1860 Walton English "Lock, cylinder" 1851 Yale American "Loom, power" 1785 Cartwright English "Loudspeaker, dynamic" 1924 "Rice, Kellogg" American "Magnet, electro" 1828 Henry American Maser 1951 Townes American Mason jar 1858 Mason American "Match, friction" 1827 Walker English Metronome 1816 Malezel German Microphone 1877 Berliner American "Microscope, compound" 1590 Janssen Dutch "Microscope, electronic" 1931 "Knoll, Ruska" German "Microscope, field ion" 1951 Mueller German "Motor, AC" 1892 Telsa American "Motor, DC" 1837 Davenport American Motorcycle 1885 Daimier German Movie machine 1894 Jenkins American "Movie, panoramic" 1952 Waller American "Movie, talking" 1927 Warner Bros. American "Mower, lawn" 1831 "Budding, Ferrabee" English Mowing machine 1831 Bailey American Neoprene 1930 Carothers American Nylon 1937 Du Pont lab American Nylon synthetic 1930 Carothers American Oleomargarine 1869 Mege-Mouries French Ophthalmoscope 1851 Helmholtz German Outboard motor 1907 Evinrude American Packaged frozen foods 1930 Birdseye American Parachute 1785 Blanchard French "Pen, ballpoint" 1888 Loud American "Pen, fountain" 1884 Walterman American Pendulum 1583 Galileo Italian Phonograph 1877 Edison American "Photo film, celluloid" 1893 Reichenbach American "Photo film, transparent" 1884 "Eastman, Goodwin" American "Photo, color" 1892 Ives American Photoelectric cell 1895 Elster German Photography 1835 Daguerre French Piano 1709 Cristofori Italian "Pin, safety" 1849 Hunt American Plastic (Bakelite) 1909 Baekeland American "Plow, cast iron" 1785 Ransome English "Plow, disc" 1896 Hardy American Potato chips 1853 Crum American Radar 1940 Watson-Watt Scottish Radio amplifier 1906 De Forest American Radio beacon 1928 Donovan American Radio crystal oscillator 1918 Nicolson American Radio FM 2-path 1933 Armstrong American "Radio receiver, cascade tuning" 1913 Alexanderson American "Radio receiver, heterodyne" 1913 Fessenden American Radio signals 1895 Marconi Italian Radio tube oscillator 1915 De Forest American Radio tube triode 1906 De Forest American Radio tubediode 1905 Fleming English "Radio, magnetic detector" 1902 Marconi Italian Rayon 1883 Swan English "Razor, electric" 1928 Schick American "Razor, safety" 1895 Gillette American Reaper 1834 McCormick American "Record, disc" 1887 "Bell, Tainter" American "Record, long playing" 1947 Goldmark American "Record, wax cylinder" 1888 Edison American "Refrigerants, fluorine compounnd" 1930 Midgely American Refrigerator car 1868 David American "Resin, synthetic" 1931 Hill English Rocket engine 1926 Goddard American Roller skates 1760 Merlin Belgian Roller skates (steerable) 1863 Plimpton American "Rubber, vulcanized" 1839 Goodyear American "Saw, band" 1808 Newberry English "Saw, circular" 1777 Miller English Sewing machine 1846 Howe American Sewing machine 1851 Singer American Shoe-sewing machine 1860 McKay American Sleeping car 1865 Pullman American Slide rule 1620 Oughtred English Spectroscope 1859 "Kirchoff, Bunsen" German Spectroscope (mass) 1918 Dempster American Spinning jenny 1767 Hargreaves English Spinning mule 1779 Crompton English Steam car 1770 Cugnot French Steam turbine 1884 Parsons English "Steamboat, experimental" 1767 Hargreaves English "Steamboat, practical" 1807 Fulton American "Steamboat, practical" 1802 Symington Scottish Steel alloy 1891 Harvey American "Steel alloy, high-speed" 1901 "Taylor, White" American "Steel, electric" 1900 Heroult French "Steel, manganese" 1884 Hadfield English "Steel, stainless" 1916 Brearley English Stethoscope 1819 Laennec French "Stethoscope, binaural" 1840 Cammann American Stock ticker 1870 Edison American "Storage battery, rechargeable" 1859 Plante French "Stove, electric" 1896 Hadaway American Submarine 1891 Holland American Tape measure 1868 Fellows American "Tape recorder, magnetic" 1899 Poulsen Danish "Telegraph, magnetic" 1837 Morse American "Telegraph, quadruplex" 1864 Edison American "Telegraph, railroad" 1887 Woods American "Telegraph, wireless high frequency" 1895 Marconi Italian Telephone 1876 Bell American Telescope 1609 Galileo Italian Telescope 1608 Lippershey Netherlands "Telescope, astronomical" 1611 Kepler German "Television, electronic" 1927 Farnsworth American "Television, iconoscope" 1923 Zworykin American Thermometer 1593 Galileo Italian Thermometer 1730 Reaumur French "Thermometer, mercury" 1714 Fahrenheit German "Tire, pneumatic" 1888 Dunlop Scottish "Toaster, automatic" 1918 Srite American Toothpaste tube 1841 Rand American Transformer A.C. 1885 Stanley American Transistor 1947 "Shockley, Brattain, Bardeen" American "Tungsten, ductile" 1912 Coolidge American "Turbine, gas" 1849 Bourdin French "Turbine, steam" 1884 Parsons English "Type, movable" 1447 Gutenberg German Typewriter 1867 "Sholes, Soule, Glidden" American "Vacuum cleaner, electric" 1908 Spangler American Vaseline 1872 Chesebrough American Velcro fastener 1948 de Mestral Swiss Videotape recorder 1960 "Ginsberg, Anderson, Dolby" American "Washer, electric" 1901 Fisher American "Welding, electric" 1877 Thomson American Wind tunnel 1912 Eiffel French "Wire, barbed" 1873 Glidden American X-ray tube 1913 Coolidge American Zipper 1891 Judson American