Inventor Elisha Otis acquired a patent for a steam engine for elevators.
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Swedish-American inventor John Ericsson patented the screw propeller design.
Henry S. Parmalee patented the fire sprinkler system.
Barbed wire was patented by Lucien B Smith in Ohio, US.
Cyrus McCormick patented the reaping machine.
Inventor Robert Fulton tested his 66-foot long boat on River Seine in Paris, France.
