Samuel Morse was granted the patents for his telegraph.
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The world celebrated the introduction of sliced bread for the first time.
Barbed wire was patented by Lucien B Smith in Ohio, US.
Inventor William Gray received a patent for creating the telephone that uses coins to operate it.
Micah Rugg patented a machine for dressing bolt heads.
Inventor Elisha Otis acquired a patent for a steam engine for elevators.
