The first US fire extinguisher patent was granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia.
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Inventor Robert Fulton tested his 66-foot long boat on River Seine in Paris, France.
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 Frederick E. Blaisdell patented the pencil in the US.
Henry S. Parmalee patented the fire sprinkler system.
Inventor William Austin Burt patented the typographer, also known as the typewriter in the US.
