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  2. William Morrison (dentist) - Wikipedia

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    Morrison, from Nashville, Tennessee, was an avid inventor, and has a number of inventions to his credit.One of them is the first cotton candy (originally named Fairy Floss and named Candy Floss in the UK and Fairy Floss in Australia) machine, which he invented in 1897 in cooperation with confectioner John C. Wharton.

  3. Cotton candy - Wikipedia

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    Machine-spun cotton candy was invented in 1897 by dentist William Morrison and confectioner John C. Wharton, and first introduced to a wide audience at the 1904 World's Fair as Fairy Floss [10] with great success, selling 68,655 boxes at 25¢ ($8.48 today) per box.

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

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    1897 Electric Cotton Candy Machine. Cotton candy, Originally Created in the 1400s, [51] [52] is a soft confection made from sugar that is heated and spun into slim threads that look like a mass of cotton. In 1897 William Morrison & John C. Wharton Created The Electric Cotton Candy Machine, which made it easier and faster to make cotton candy. [53]

  5. 10 fabulous facts about lollipops on National Lollipop Day

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    Here are 10 fabulous facts about the classic candy. #10 --The world's largest lollipop was made in 2012. The confectioner behind the job was See's Candies of California, and their creation weighed ...

  6. Timeline of food - Wikipedia

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    Machine-spun cotton candy invented by dentist William Morrison and confectioner John C. Wharton, and first introduced to a wide audience at the 1904 World's Fair as Fairy Floss Confections USA 1897 Gallo (Famosa) Guatemalan beer introduced Alcoholic beverages Guatemala 1897 Grape Nuts introduced Grains USA 1897 Al Ahram brewery founded

  7. Walter Frederick Morrison, inventor of the Frisbee, dies at ...

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    Walter Frederick Morrison, the inventor of the plastic flying discs that eventually became known as the Frisbee, died at his Utah home on Tuesday. He was 90 and is survived by three children. For ...

  8. List of inventors - Wikipedia

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    Walter Frederick Morrison (1920–2010), U.S. – Flying disc; William Morrison (dentist) (1860–1926), U.S. – Cotton candy machine; Samuel Morse (1791–1872), U.S. – early Morse code, see also Morse Code controversy; Sergei Ivanovich Mosin (1849–1902), Russia – Mosin–Nagant rifle

  9. From a 16-year-old truck washer to the inventor of the Pop ...

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    In truth, William Post was an accidental inventor, and he graciously insisted throughout his life that his great creation was a team effort. And his start in the snack business came as a truck washer.