Inventions in 1860

1861: Elisha Graves Otis patents elevator safety brakes, creating a safer elevator.

1861: Linus Yale invents his eponymous cylinder lock.

1862: Richard Gatling patents his machine gun.

1862: Alexander Parkes creates the first man-made plastic.

1866: J. ...

1866: Englishmen Robert Whitehead invents the torpedo