Inventor Thomas Savery patented the first steam engine in England.
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Barbed wire was patented by Lucien B Smith in Ohio, US.
Samuel Briggs and his son patented his nail-making machine.
John Hampton patented the Venetian blind.
Abraham Lincoln received a patent for a device that would lift a boat over shoals and obstructions.
The first recorded potato chip was created by chef George Crum in Saratoga Springs, New York.
