American leading figure Benjamin Franklin created the Franklin Stove.
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British pharmacist John Walker invented the matchstick by accident.
The Soviet Union started mass producing the AK-47 assault rifle.
Sylvanus Bowser's invention of the gasoline pump was delivered to a dealer in Fort Wayne, Indiana, US.
Inventor Leo Baekeland patented the first thermosetting plastic, Bakelite, which sparked the birth of the plastics industry.
George Westinghouse Jr. patented steam power brake devices in the US.
