Samuel Morse was granted the patents for his telegraph.
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Inventor Harvey Hubbell patented the popular light bulb with a pull chain.
Inventor and electrical engineer Guglielmo Marconi applied for the patents for the radio.
The plastic shirt collar was patented in the US by Walter Hunt.
The sweeping machine (vacuum cleaner) was patented in Chicago, US, by Ives W. McGaffey.
George Selden filed for the first patent for a gasoline-driven automobile.
