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Patent

United States of America · Science / Technology. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1825–1862Date range
3Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1825

Thomas Kensett1825

Science / Technology

1st US patent for tin cans is issued

1844

Stewart Perry25 May 1844

Science / Technology

Perry patents the gasoline engine

1862

Richard Jordan Gatling1862

Science / Technology

Patents the gatling gun

Names involved

Richard Jordan GatlingStewart PerryThomas Kensett

Provenance

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