Neon lighting was first demonstrated at the Paris Motor Show by Georges Claude.
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The first sewing machine was patented in the US.
Samuel Briggs and his son patented his nail-making machine.
A steamboat patent was granted to the American engineer and inventor Robert Fulton.
Inventor Fred Waller patented the aquaplane, which would become water skis.
Robert Watson-Watt demonstrated radar in Slough, England, UK.
