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Year |
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1 | 1889 | - Benjamin Harrison president of the USA 1889-1893.
- Joshua Pusey invents the matchbook.
- Sir James Dewar and Sir Frederick Abel co-invent Cordite - a type of smokeless gunpowder.
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2 | 1891 | - Jesse W. Reno invents the escalator.
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3 | 1892 | - Rudolf Diesel invents the diesel-fueled internal combustion engine.
- Sir James Dewar invents the Dewar flask or vacuum flask.
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4 | 1893 | - American, W.L. Judson invents the zipper.
- Grover Cleveland president of the USA 1893-1897.
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5 | 1895 | - Lumiere Brothers invent a portable motion-picture camera, film processing unit and projector called the Cinematographe. The Lumiere Brothers using their Cinematographe are the first to present a projected motion picture to an audience of more that one person.
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6 | 1896 | - American, H. O'Sullivan invents the rubber heel.
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7 | 1897 | - William McKinley president of the USA 1897-1901. William McKinley dies in Buffalo, NY, 1901.
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8 | 1898 | - Edwin Prescott patents the roller coaster.
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9 | 1899 | - I.R. Johnson patents the bicycle frame.
- J.S. Thurman patents the motor-driven vacuum cleaner.
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