Inventor Thomas Savery patented the first steam engine in England.
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Leonard Norcross was granted the first US patent for an underwater diving suit.
Daniel McCree patented the portable fire escape in the US.
The lie detector, invented in 1921 by John Augustus Larson, was first used in the Netherlands.
Thomas Edison demonstrated his hand-cranked phonograph for the first time.
Cyrus McCormick patented the reaping machine.
