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The YoungfolkTimeline of United States inventions (before 1890) Timeline of United States inventions (before 1890) For United States inventions from other historical time periods, see Timeline of United States inventions (1890–1945) and Timeline of United States inventions (after 1991). The United States provided many inventions in the time from the Colonial Period to the Gilded Age, which were achieved by inventors who were either native-born or naturalized citizens of the United States. Copyright protection secures a person's right to his or her first-to-invent claim of the original invention in question, highlighted in Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution, which gives the following enumerated power to the United States Congress: To promote the Progress of Science and… (Source: Wikipedia)
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