America!

The first working airplane by Wilbur and Orville Wright on December 17, 1903.

Bifocal glasses invented by Benjamin Franklin in the 1700s.

The cotton gin revolutionized the cotton industry when Eli Whitney patented the idea on March 14, 1794.

Ezra Warner of Waterbury, Connecticut invented the can opener to replace the use of hammer and chisel.

The first commercial electric streetcar by Thomas Davenport in 1835.

How about the first working automatic dishwasher by Mrs. Josephine Garis Cochran in 1889.

Ladies should thank Elias Howe for his patent of an improved sweing machine in 1846.

Thomas Edison who produced an incandescent bulb that could glow for over 1,500 hours.

Cyrus Hall McCormick developed the mechanical reaper that greatly increased harvesting crops.

The Morse Code by Samuel Finley Morse that revolutionize long distance communications.

Linus Yale Jr. who developed the cylinder pin-tumbler lock.

German born Levi Strauss invented and marketed the blue jeans while in New York in 1853.

Frank Haven Hall invented the Hall Braille typewriter on May 27, 1892.

Luther Burbank developed over 800 new strains of plants where his greatest was the Russet Burbank potato.

George Washington Carver developed hundreds of products from peanuts.

In Dayton Ohio, James Ritty invented the cash register in 1884.

John Wesley Hyatt invented the first plastic made from celluliod as a substitude for elephant ivory. Here the first que ball is made from plastic.

Where would we be without Coca-Cola, invented by John Pemberton 1885.

George Eastman invented the flexible roll of film in 1882.

Elisha Graves Otis invented the elevator brake in 1854.

The leak-proof fountain pen was invented by Lewis E. Waterman in 1884.

The electric iron was invented by Henry W. Seeley in 1882.

One of my favorite treats is the potato chip, invented by George Crum, a Native American, in 1853.

Can you imagine going to an amusement park without cotton candy? Thanks goes to William Morrison and John C. Wharton for this sweet treat.