Inventor Phillip W Pratt obtained the patent for his sprinkler system designed to extinguish fires.
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American leading figure Benjamin Franklin created the Franklin Stove.
Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tried to fly his famous Flying Machine invention for the first time.
A team of scientists invented the sports drink Gatorade in a University of Florida lab.
Cyrus McCormick patented the reaping machine.
A steamboat patent was granted to the American engineer and inventor Robert Fulton.
