From ↗ RocWiki: inventions with ↗ origins credited to the Rochester area.

• ↗ Automobile: Though similar concepts existed prior to his design, ↗ George Baldwin Selden was issued the first US patent for the automobile.
• ↗ Automatic Voting Machine: Created by Jacob Myers in 1892.
• ↗ Boondoggle: Reportedly created by Rochester resident and scoutmaster Robert H. Link.
• ↗ Conedom (a.k.a. “Buddy Syste”): Rochestarian Robert Sotile created this Ice-Cream cone “protector.”
• Though it wasn’t invented in Rochester, Ethernet was invented by ↗ Xerox, a Rochester-based company.
• ↗ Fuzzy Pipe Cleaner: Created ↗ John Harry Stedman.
• ↗ Jello: Invented in nearby ↗ LeRoy.
• ↗ Jolt Cola: Created in Rochester in 1985 by C. J. Rapp.
• ↗ Kodachrome: Invented by ↗ Kodak.
• ↗ Garbage Plate: The original Garbage Plate is from ↗ Nick Tahou’s.
• ↗ Machine Gun: Local Dr. Josephus Requa is credited with the first “practical machine gun.”
• ↗ Mail Chute: Invented by James Cutler.
• ↗ Streetcar Transfer: Invented by ↗ John Harry Stedman.

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