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Forrest Morton Bird (June 9, 1921 – August 2, 2015) was an American aviator, inventor, and biomedical engineer. He is best known for having created some of the first reliable mass-produced mechanical ventilators for acute and chronic cardiopulmonary care.
George Bird Grinnell (September 20, 1849 – April 11, 1938) was an American anthropologist, historian, naturalist, and writer. Originally specializing in zoology , he became a prominent early conservationist and student of Native American life.
Cuckoo clock, a so-called Jagdstück ("hunt piece"), Black Forest, c. 1900, Deutsches Uhrenmuseum, Inv. 2006-013. A cuckoo clock is a type of clock, typically pendulum driven, that strikes the hours with a sound like a common cuckoo call and has an automated cuckoo bird that moves with each note.
Forrest Bird: 1921 Respirator / Ventilator [117] 1995 John C. Sheehan: 1915 Structure and synthesis of penicillin [118] 1995 Joseph H. Burckhalter: 1912 Isothiocyanates [119] 1995 Robert J. Seiwald: 1925 Isothiocyanates [120] 1995 Stephanie Kwolek: 1923 Kevlar [121] 1995 Waldo Semon: 1898 Polyvinyl chloride [122] 1995 William Stanley Jr. 1858 ...
Some have argued that the first known geared clock was rather invented by the great mathematician, physicist, and engineer Archimedes during the 3rd century BC. Archimedes created his astronomical clock, [42] [citation needed] which was also a cuckoo clock with birds singing and moving every hour. It is the first carillon clock as it plays ...
Forrest Edward Mars Sr. (March 21, 1904 – July 1, 1999) was an American billionaire businessman and the driving force of the Mars candy empire.He is best known for introducing Milky Way (1924) and Mars (1932) chocolate bars, and M&M's (1941) chocolate, as well as orchestrating the launch of Uncle Ben's Rice.
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Forrest Bird (1921–2015), American aviator, inventor, and biomedical engineer; Forrest Blue (1945–2011), American football player; George Forrest Browne (1833–1930), English bishop; Forrest Burmeister (1913–1997), American football player; Forrest Church (1948–2009), Unitarian Universalist minister, author, and theologian