The first US fire extinguisher patent was granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia.
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The first full-scale wind tunnel for airplane testing was built at Langley Field, Virginia. For ten years, it remained the largest wind tunnel in the world.
Inventor William Gray received a patent for creating the telephone that uses coins to operate it.
Inventor Frederick E. Blaisdell patented the pencil in the US.
Samuel Morse was granted the patents for his telegraph.
The first movie projector, correctly named the kinetoscope, was patented by Thomas Edison.
