January 3
1967 — Harry Thomason received a patent for an apparatus for cooling and heating a house using solar energy.
January 10
1893 — Thomas Laine patented the electric gas lighter.
January 14
1890 — George Cooke received a patent for a gas burner.
January 17
1882 — Leroy Firman received a patent for the telephone switchboard.
January 20
1857 — William Kelly patented the blast furnace for manufacturing steel.
January 21
1954 — The first atomic submarine, the USS Nautilus, was launched. It was christened by First Lady Mamie Eisenhower.
January 26
1875 — The first electric dental drill was patented by George Green.
January 27
1880 — Patent was granted to Thomas A. Edison for “an electric lamp for giving light by incandescence.”
January 29
1924 — Carl Taylor of Cleveland patented a machine that made ice cream cones.
January 31
1851 — Gail Borden announced his invention of evaporated milk.
-Team ScienceNow Digital
