Famous Inventors from New York

Birdseye, Clarence (Brooklyn)

The man who figured out how to flash-freeze foods
Kamen, Dean

Inventor of the Segway transporter
Moog, Robert (New York City)

The guy who invented the Moog synthesizer
Singer, Isaac Merritt (Pittstown)

The maker of the first popular household sewing machine
Westinghouse, George (Central Bridge)

Air brake inventor and Edison's AC rival
Yale, Linus Jr. (Salisbury)

The inventor of the cylinder lock