This Month in History:
1899 J S Thurman patents motor-driven vacuum cleaner
1855 Joshua Stoddard of Worcester, Massachusetts, patents first calliope (musical instrument)
1856 Cyrus Chambers Jr patents folding machine that folds book & newspapers
1888 Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie)
1879 Thomas Edison perfects carbonized cotton filament light bulb
1855 American inventor Isaac Singer patents sewing machine motor