Isaac Fischer Jr. patented sandpaper in Springfield, Vermont, US.
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George B. Selden was granted the patent for a gasoline internal combustion engine car.
Engineer Alva J. Fisher patented the electric washing machine.
Swedish-American inventor John Ericsson patented the screw propeller design.
William B. Purvis patented the electric switch on railways that would shut off the electric supply after carriages pass the contact device.
Leonard Norcross was granted the first US patent for an underwater diving suit.
