The first movie projector, correctly named the kinetoscope, was patented by Thomas Edison.
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Isaac Singer was granted his patent for a commercial sewing machine.
The first recorded potato chip was created by chef George Crum in Saratoga Springs, New York.
Isaac Briggs & William Longstreet was awarded a patent for the first steamboat in the US.
A patent was received for Ole Kirk Christiansen's LEGO plastic bricks.
Isaac Fischer Jr. patented sandpaper in Springfield, Vermont, US.
