Inventor Chester Carlson created the first Xerox image.
He printed “10.-22.-38 ASTORIA” on a glass microscope slide.
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A patent for his electric lamp invention was given to Thomas Edison.
J. L. Love patented his pencil sharpener in the US.
The first idea of a fire escape was patented.
The pocket watch patent was awarded to Dutch mathematician and scientist Christiaan Huygens.
Abraham Lincoln received a patent for a device that would lift a boat over shoals and obstructions.
