German inventor Ferdinand von Zeppelin granted a patent for the navigable balloon.
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The clarinet was invented in Nuremberg, Germany, by Johann Christoph Denner.
Karl Benz patented the gasoline-operated motor car.
George Bruce received the first US design patents for typefaces and bordering.
Inventor Chester Carlson created the first Xerox image.
Engineer Alva J. Fisher patented the electric washing machine.
