England passed the English Statute of Patents and Monopolies in 1623 granting inventors letters to patent until 1637. Continue reading
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Radio patent granted to Guglielmo Marconi
On June 2, 1896, British patent No.12039, for a radio was granted to radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi. Continue reading
Carl Gustaf Patrik Laval
Gustaf de Laval was born at Orsa in Dalarna in the Swedish de Laval Huguenot family (immigrated 1622 - Claude de Laval, soldier - knighted de Laval 1647). Continue reading
Cigarette-rolling machine was patented
James A. Bonsack in 1881, patented in the USA, his Cigarette-rolling machine. Continue reading
Richard Ransome
Robert Ransome was born in Wells, Norfolk, son of Richard Ransome, a schoolmaster. His grandfather, Richard Ransome, was a miller of North Walsham, Norfolk, and an early Quaker who suffered frequent imprisonment while on preaching journeys in various parts of England, Ireland, and Holland; he died in Bristol in 1716. Continue reading
Centrifugal cream separator with a continuous flow
Inventor Carl Gustaf Patrik de Laval of Stockholm, Sweden, received an American patent for a centrifugal cream separator with a continuous flow on October 4, 1881.
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An Unsinkable Boat was Patented
In 1785, a Coach Builder (horse drawn carriages) in London, England, by the name of Lionel Lukin, patented his unsinkable boat. Continue reading
The Cast Iron Plow
After obtained the patent in 1785, the English inventor Robert Ransome, Continue reading
Pencil with an attached Eraser
Hyman L. Lipman of Philadelphia, PA, USA, patented a Pencil with an attached eraser. Continue reading