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Patent

Great Britain · Science / Technology. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

7Records
1782–1955Date range
7Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1782

James Watt1782

Science / Technology

James watt patents a double-acting rotary steam engine

1785

Edmund Cartwright4 April 1785

London · Science / Technology

Patents his invention, the Power Loom

1824

Joseph Aspdin1824

Leeds · Science / Technology

Patents a cement which is impervious to water

1845

Robert Thomson10 December 1845

Science / Technology

Patents the pneumatic tyre

1885

Charles Macintosh1885

Science / Technology

Patents a waterproof fabric of rubber bonded cloth

1896

Guglielmo Marconi2 June 1896

Science / Technology

Files a patent for "Improvements in Transmitting Impulses"

1955

Christopher Cockerell12 December 1955

Science / Technology

Patents the Hovercraft

Names involved

Charles MacintoshChristopher CockerellEdmund CartwrightGuglielmo MarconiJames WattJoseph AspdinRobert Thomson

Provenance

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