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Johann Gutenberg, inventor of the movable type printing press,
the invention that spawned the modern age
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A page from the Gutenberg Bible. Boy, they don't make 'em like
they used to!
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Thomas Edison: 1,093 inventions, including the light bulb
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Samuel Morse, Perfected the electric telegraph, invented the Morse
code
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James Watt: inventor of the practical steam engine
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Benjamin Franklin, inventor of the lightning rod
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Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin
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Eli Whitney's cotton gin
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Robert Fulton, inventor of the steam ship
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Robert Fulton's steamship, the Clermont
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George Stephenson, inventor of the steam locomotive
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Stephenson's invention, the steam locomotive
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Cyrus McCormick, inventor of the mechanical reaper
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McCormick's mechanical reaper
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Samuel Colt, inventor of the revolver
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Ummm . . . Samuel Colt's invention. Sorry if you think this picture
will corrupt young children.
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Elias Howe, inventor of the sewing machine
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Howe's invention, the sewing machine
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Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone
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Bell's invention. An early telephone
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Karl Benz, inventor of the automobile
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Benz's first automobile
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Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of the radio
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Marconi's invention, an early radio
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Henry Ford, inventor of the affordable, mass-produced automobile
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Ford's hottest seller, the Model T
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