GREENE COUNTY — During the second half of the 19th century and into the early decades of the 20th, the U.S Patent Office was inundated by the ideas and projects of Americans who felt they had ...

But unlike these dedicated researchers, who often spent decades to finally arrive at their success, there was another kind of American inventor — the backyard tinkerer who, while continuing to work in ...

The invention of the airplane by Wilbur and Orville Wright is one of the great stories in American history. The Wright brothers’ invention not only solved a long-studied technical problem, but also ...

Last Updated on July 15, 2025 by Matt Staff The 20th century was a golden age of invention, with dreamers and tinkerers trying to revolutionize the way we lived, traveled, and entertained ourselves.