W. F. Quinby flys away with a patent for a flying machine
is sweetly registered by the American Sugar Refining Co.of New York.
“As a new article of manufacture, sandwiched bread or bread containing pieces of meat which have been distributed in a raw condition...
the computer he created after leaving Apple Computer Inc.
is floated by Samuel W. White.
another device to be buried with the UNDEAD!
Well, all righta!
becomes a story that like Peter Pan, will never grow old.
Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, and Director Nicholas Ray were each nominated for Academy awards for their roles. But it was Jame's Dean’s second starring film appearance, as sensitive high-school misfit Jim Stark for which he received the first nomination granted posthumously.
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Apple Jacks is a brand of cereal produced by Kellogg's. It was introduced to the U.S. as "Apple O's" in 1965 after being invented by William Thilly who is currently a professor at MIT.
The antiseptic has been touted as an aftershave lotion, as a cure for colds and to prevent halitosis.
J.W. Browne wins the "space race" with his diving suit.
Starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, and Vivian Blaine, the film was made by Samuel Goldwyn Productions and distributed by MGM. directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who also wrote the screenplay that was based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" and "Blood Pressure", two short stories by Damon Runyon.
This patent, near and dear to the heart, claims to solve the problem of garments that required tying laces in the back, which interfered with "the wearing of evening gowns cut low."
the idea of creating an electric razor came to after suffering an injury as
a young man. Finding it difficult to shave and, at the same time, having time on his hands, Schick drew up plans that featured a shaver with a shaving head driven by a flexible cable and powered by a grapefruit-sized external motor. Manufacturers quickly rejected the bulky invention. Later, after his military service in World War Schick was inspired by weaponry and developed the Magazine Repeating Razor in 1925. Two years later, he invented the first electric razor.
Moses supposes his toeses are roses, but Moses supposes eroneously.
M. Anderson patents a window washing device.
Sorry Charlie!
1900 - Philadelphia Watch Case Co. who began operations in 1884, until time caught up with it in 1953, registered its trademark for "watches, watch cases and watch-movements. "
1923 - The son of former slaves, born in Kentucky and residing in Cleveland, Ohio, Mr. Morgan received U.S. patent # 1,475,024 for the three-way traffic signal. Observing that existing mechanical "stop" and "go" signals were dangerous because they had no caution indicator to buffer traffic flow, Morgan created a three-armed signal mounted on a T-shaped pole with indicators for "stop", "go" and also had a third signal for stopping traffic in all directions before the stop and go signals changed. General Electric bought Morgan's patent for $40,000, and his traffic management device was used throughout North America until it was replaced by the red, yellow and green-light traffic signals currently used around the world.
designed for "preventing cattle from breaking through wire-fences."