Inventor George Eastman patented his 35mm photographic film in the US.
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British pharmacist John Walker invented the matchstick by accident.
Inventor Robert Fulton tested his 66-foot long boat on River Seine in Paris, France.
Hyman Lipman patented the pencil with an eraser on top.
The sweeping machine (vacuum cleaner) was patented in Chicago, US, by Ives W. McGaffey.
The clarinet was invented in Nuremberg, Germany, by Johann Christoph Denner.
