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  2. Jakob Christof Rad - Wikipedia

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    Rad had become involved with management of a sugar factory in 1840 in the South Bohemian town of Dačice (present day Czech Republic). He began work on a machine for transforming sugar into cube form, leading to a five-year patent for the cube press he invented, granted on 23 January 1843. [2] Rad had started a business producing the "tea sugar ...

  3. Haruji Matsue - Wikipedia

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    Haruji Matsue (松江春次, Matsue Haruji, January 15, 1878 to November 29, 1954) was a Japanese entrepreneur and the first person to manufacture the sugar cube in Japan. [1] His brother, Major General Toyohisa Matsue , was commandant of the Bandō prisoner-of-war camp in World War I .

  4. Ephraim Hertzano - Wikipedia

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    The following year Hertzano published an Official Rummikub Book, which describes three different versions of the game: American, Sabra, and International. [4] The game was first made by Lemada Light Industries Ltd, founded by Hertzano in 1978 and today is one of the most popular family games of all time. [citation needed]

  5. Charles Foley (inventor) - Wikipedia

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    He invented dozens of other toys and games, and had 97 patented inventions. [ 3 ] In 1995, Charles Foley's son, Mark Foley, and Douglas Farley founded Doumar Products Inc. and its heptane -based Un-Du adhesive remover .

  6. Tom Kremer - Wikipedia

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    The cube went from world's greatest fad to zero: there were thousands piled up in warehouses." Kremer later reacquired the license, allowing him to introduce it to new generations of puzzlers. Kremer was a cofounder of Winning Moves Games and later chairman of the board, while cofounder Phil Orbanes served as president.

  7. John Wesley Hyatt - Wikipedia

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    John Wesley Hyatt (November 28, 1837 – May 10, 1920) was an American inventor. He is mainly known for simplifying the production of celluloid.. Hyatt, a Perkin Medal recipient, is included in the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

  8. Benjamin Eisenstadt - Wikipedia

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    Benjamin Eisenstadt was born in New York City on December 7, 1906 in a family of Jewish immigrants from Russian Empire. He attended Brooklyn College.. He married Betty Gellman (1910–2001) on October 27, 1931 while living at 1250 44th Street in Brooklyn.

  9. Piet Hein (scientist) - Wikipedia

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    He also invented a perpetual calendar called the Astro Calendar and marketed housewares based on the superellipse and its three-dimensional analog, the superegg. He invented the Soma cube and devised the games of Hex , Tangloids , Tower, Polytaire, TacTix , Nimbi, Qrazy Qube, and Pyramystery.