Hyman Lipman patented the pencil with an eraser on top.
His patent included a metal ferrule to keep the eraser in place.
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Scottish inventor John Logie Baird changed the world of communication and entertainment forever when he demonstrated television for the first time.
Ephraim Morris patented the car brake for railroads.
French inventor Pierre Lallement was awarded his patent for a pedal bicycle.
Samuel Hopkins was awarded the first US patent.
A steamboat patent was granted to the American engineer and inventor Robert Fulton.