Englishman John Walker invented modern-day wooden matches that create a flame through friction.
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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.
George Selden filed for the first patent for a gasoline-driven automobile.
J.B. Sutherland from Detroit patented refrigerated railroad cars.
Ephraim Morris patented the car brake for railroads.
Inventor Leo Baekeland patented the first thermosetting plastic, Bakelite, which sparked the birth of the plastics industry.
