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| 1 | 1881 | - Alexander Graham Bell invents the first crude metal detector.
- Chester A. Arthur president of the USA 1881-1885. Chester A. Arthur, vice president under James Garfield, sworn in as president upon the death of Garfield.
- David Houston patents the roll film for cameras.
- Edward Leveaux patents the automatic player piano.
- James Garfield president of the USA 1881. James Garfield wounded by assassin's bullet on 3 Jul 1881 and dies 19 Sep 1881.
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| 2 | 1884 | - Charles Parson patents the steam turbine.
- George Eastman patents paper-strip photographic film.
- James Ritty invents the first working, mechanical cash register.
- Lewis Edson Waterman invents the first practical fountain pen.
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| 3 | 1885 | - Gottlieb Daimler invents the first gas-engined motorcycle.
- Grover Cleveland president of the USA 1885-1889.
- Harim Maxim invents a machine gun.
- Karl Benz invents the first practical automobile to be powered by an internal-combustion engine.
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| 4 | 1886 | - John Pemberton invents Coca Cola.
- Josephine Cochrane invents the dishwasher.
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| 5 | 1887 | - Emile Berliner invents the gramophone.
- F.E. Muller and Adolph Fick invent the first wearable contact lenses.
- German, Heinrich Hertz invents radar.
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| 6 | 1888 | - John Boyd Dunlop patents a commercially successful pneumatic tire.
- Marvin Stone patents the spiral winding process to manufacture the first paper drinking straws.
- Nikola Tesla invents the AC motor and transformer.
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