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Almon Strowger developed the first practical telephone-switch system in the late 19th century. His invention automated call routing, dramatically reducing labor costs and improving telephone network efficiency. Primarily designed for business and early telecommunications companies, his work laid the...
Herbert H. Dow was an American inventor who founded Dow Chemical Company and developed an electrolytic process to extract bromine from brine in 1891.
William Seward Burroughs was an American inventor who patented the first practical mechanical adding machine with a built-in printer in 1888, founding the Burroughs Corporation.
Milton Bradley was an American lithographer and game designer who published "The Checkered Game of Life" in 1860, launching the famous board game manufacturing company.
Alexander Miles was an African American inventor who patented an automatically opening and closing elevator door mechanism in 1887, significantly improving passenger safety.
