In 1642 Blaise Pascal invented the pascaline, the first adding machine using gears, to help his father calculate taxes.
William Seward Burroughs invented a different kind of adding machine in 1885.
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the mechanical reaper was invented in Virginia.
Alva J. Fisher had invented the first electric washing machine
Invented by Herman Hollerith, the machine was developed to help process data for the 1890 U.S. Census.
A lasting machine places and attaches the leather upper part of a shoe to the sole. It was invented by Jan Ernst Matzeliger. It made footwear much more affordable.
The first steam machine was the simple turbine invented by Hero of Alexandria in 100AD. The first practical steam driven machine was the beam engine invented by the Cornish engineer Newcomen in the 18th century. It was used to pump water out of the tin mines.