enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Thomas J. Martin - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._Martin

    Thomas Jefferson Martin was born on 29 May 1842. [7] Martin was wounded at the battle of Shiloh. [8] In 1868, Martin married Evaline Moore Kidd. [8] Diagram from Thomas J. Martin's fire extinguisher patent from 1872.

  3. List of inventors - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_inventors

    George William Manby (1765–1854), UK – Fire extinguisher; Harry Mendell, U.S. – invented the first digital sampling synthesizer; Joy Mangano (born 1956), U.S. – household appliances; Anna Mangin (1844–1931) – American inventor, educator, caterer and women's rights campaigner; Charles Mantoux (1877–1947), France – Mantoux test ...

  4. Fire extinguisher - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_extinguisher

    One of the first fire extinguisher patents was issued to Alanson Crane of Virginia on Feb. 10, 1863. [3] Thomas J. Martin, an American inventor, was awarded a patent for an improvement in the Fire Extinguishers on March 26, 1872. His invention is listed in the U. S. Patent Office in Washington, DC under patent number 125,603.

  5. George William Manby - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_William_Manby

    Manby mortar, 1842 drawing. Captain George William Manby FRS (28 November 1765 – 18 November 1854) was an English author and inventor. He designed an apparatus for saving life from shipwrecks and also the "Pelican Gun", the first modern form of fire extinguisher.

  6. Ambrose Godfrey - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrose_Godfrey

    Oil painting of Ambrose Godfrey. Ambrose Godfrey-Hanckwitz FRS (1660 – 15 January 1741), also known as Gottfried Hankwitz, also written Hanckewitz, or Ambrose Godfrey [1] [2] as he preferred to be known, was a German-born British phosphorus manufacturer and apothecary. [3]

  7. Groundbreaking director Penny Marshall’s legacy and net worth

    www.aol.com/2018-12-19-groundbreaking-director...

    For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us

  8. Tom Cruise's net worth as 'Jack Reacher: Never Go Back' hits ...

    www.aol.com/article/finance/2016/10/17/tom...

    Tom Cruise Net Worth: $550 Million Cruise is slated to earn $53 million this year, according to Forbes, which placed him in the No. 4 spot on its list of The World's Highest-Paid Actors of 2016.

  9. Timeline of United States inventions (1890–1945) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States...

    The surfboard fin, or keel, is the part of the back of a surfboard that enters the water. Similar to a rudder on a boat the surfboard fin works to steer the board and provide stability. The surfboard fin prevents a surfer from uncontrollably spinning in circles while trying to ride a wave. The surfboard fin was invented by Tom Blake in 1935. [260]