Inventors
Jan E. Matzeliger (1852-1889)
This sailor from Surinam revolutionized the shoe industry in Massachusetts.
Read more…Frederic Ives (1856-1937)
When Frederic Ives died in 1937, he had a total 70 patents to his name. However, the one invention he is most known for is still used today: the halftone printing process. Ives’ halftone process was a way of translating …
Read more…William Dickson (1860-1935)
William Kennedy Laurie Dickson invented the kinetoscope, a precursor to the modern motion picture camera and projector.
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