Inventor George Eastman patented camera shutters and trademarked the name “Kodak.”
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Isaac Briggs & William Longstreet was awarded a patent for the first steamboat in the US.
Benjamin Franklin announced his invention of bifocal eyeglasses.
Inventor Thomas Savery patented the first steam engine in England.
The world's favorite paper joiner, the stapler was patented by C. H. Gould in England.
The first sewing machine was patented in the US.
