Inventions

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: 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.