Inventor Benjamin J. Lane patented the first self-contained gas mask.
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The first US fire extinguisher patent was granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia.
A team of scientists invented the sports drink Gatorade in a University of Florida lab.
Abraham Lincoln received a patent for a device that would lift a boat over shoals and obstructions.
American businessman King Camp Gillette was granted his patent for the safety razor.
William B. Purvis patented the electric switch on railways that would shut off the electric supply after carriages pass the contact device.
