Isaac R. Johnson received his patent for the bicycle frame.
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The lie detector, invented in 1921 by John Augustus Larson, was first used in the Netherlands.
Robert Goddard was granted a patent for the rocket-powered aircraft.
Inventor Fred Waller patented the aquaplane, which would become water skis.
A patent was awarded to Willis Carrier, which gave us the world’s first Air Conditioner.
Amateur British chemist Sir James Jay invented invisible ink.