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Play-Doh was originally called Rainbow Modeling Compound and used to clean wallpaper. A NJ nursery school teacher found it was fun to use as a toy.
Hunt traveled to New York City in 1826 to get money for one of his inventions. While there he witnessed an accident where a horse-drawn carriage ran over a child. [3] The accident event motivated him to come up with a metal bell that was operated with a hammer that could be controlled by one of driver's feet without letting go of the horse reins.
Aurel Vlaicu (1882–1913) died when his self-constructed airplane, [10] A Vlaicu II, failed during an attempt to cross the Carpathian Mountains. [11] Henry Smolinski (1933–1973) was killed during a test flight of the AVE Mizar, a flying car based on the Ford Pinto and the sole product of the company he founded. [12] [13]
English inventions and discoveries are objects, processes or techniques invented, innovated or discovered, partially or entirely, in England by a person from England. Often, things discovered for the first time are also called inventions and in many cases, there is no clear line between the two. Nonetheless, science and technology in England ...
The true story is that it was invented utterly by accident one fateful day more than 70 years ago, ... At 14 Spencer got hired to install electricity at the nearby paper mill. A few years later he ...
Ford v Ferrari was a box office smash in 2019, and now the Ferrari movie is taking a closer look at both Ferrari as a brand, as well as the man behind the company, Enzo Ferrari. The film stars ...
Aviation accident report, an official report by a national aviation authority regarding an aviation incident or accident; Security incident report, a report used to keep track of thefts, losses and other types of security events; Vehicle accident report or accident report form, a report about a traffic collision. Some jurisdictions mandate each ...
[9] [10] Nanaimo bar – a dessert bar that requires no baking, invented in Nanaimo around 1953. Pablum – infant cereal, invented by Frederick Tisdall, Theodore Drake, and Allan Brown in 1930. [11] Peanut butter – Canadian chemist Marcellus Gilmore Edson patented a way to make "peanut paste", also known as peanut butter in 1884. [12]