Alexander Graham Bell revolutionized communication with the invention of the telephone in 1876. For the first time, people could connect instantly over long distances, a dramatic improvement from ...

The following inventions are among the most useful improvements lately patented:— COTTON CLEANETt. Tliis invention (by Benjamin Jackman, of Louisville, Ky.) relates to a machine designed to be ...

The 2025 National Inventors Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony is sponsored by the USPTO; Qualcomm; Ted and Judy Hoff; PhRMA; The Amos E. Joel Young Inventors Fund; Mary Beth Carroll and Dr. Keith Wilson ...

Inventions by African Americans into the 21st century include everything from toys to physics to aerospace technology.

African-American innovators and visionaries have developed or contributed to many things that are commonplace today — some ...

The following inventions are among the most useful improvements lately patented: BLASTING ROCKS. The object of this invention is to prevent accidents which frequently occur in blasting rocks ...