Local Inventions
Besides our most famous invention—powered flight—many other important inventions of the 20th century began in Dayton. Below is a list of some, in no particular historical or alphabetical order...
- Stepladder
- LCD Displays
- Photoelectric Cell
- Movie Projector
- Self-contained Refrigerator
- Movie Camera
- Black Light
- Movie Film
- Carbonless Copy Paper
- Movie Theatre
- Ethyl Gasoline
- Ink Jet Print
- Home Pizza Delivery
- Parking Meters
- Railroad Boxcar Wheels
- Cash Register
- Microfiche
- Gas Masks
- Cellophane Tape
- Parachute
- Heart-Lung Machine
- Auto Air Bags
- Soap Box Derby
- Chrome Plating
- Motorized Wheelchair
- Filter Cigarettes
- Pull Tab & Pop Top
- Radar Detectors
- Beverage Cans
- "Mae West" Life Preserver
- Ice Cube Tray
- Mood Ring
- Room Air Conditioner
- Microencapsulation
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