Inventive Americans

Inventive Americans

Who was the most important American inventor of the past two centuries?

I found this forum link on the MIT Technology Review. There are votes for Kettering, Tesla, and Edison.

I'm in favor of George Washington Carver. I like my peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

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