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Wahl Clipper Corporation was founded due to Leo J. Wahl's patent for an electromagnetic hair clipper in 1919. [3] On February 2, 1921, he purchased a majority of the stock of his uncle's manufacturing company which made the clipper, and incorporated the business as Wahl Clipper Corporation. [4] In 1924, Leo Wahl patented a vibrating motor hair ...
Leo continued to work on his inventions and by 1921, he patented his final design of an invention more than a decade in the making- the first electric hair clipper. Within a year, Wahl Manufacturing had manufactured and sold thousands of clippers all over the United States and in 1921 Leo renamed the company the Wahl Clipper Corporation.
Data from The Instrumentation Design And Control of a T63-A-700 Gas Turbine Engine General characteristics Type: Turboshaft Length: 40.5 in (1,029 mm) Diameter: 22.5 in (572 mm) Dry weight: 138.5 lb (63 kg) dry Components Compressor: 6-stage axial + 1-stage centrifugal compressors Combustors: Single can combustion chamber Turbine: 2-stage axial gas generator power turbine + 2-stage axial free ...
plans and elevation of Rainbow. "Perhaps it was the ongoing philosophical contest between the proponents of the traditional flat-footed vessel, as staunchly favored by Nathaniel B. Palmer, and those who were swayed toward the sharp-bottomed vessels championed by John W. Griffiths in the form of Sea Witch and Rainbow, both vessels of remarkable performance and far-flung reputation."
The China Clipper was the first commercial aircraft to establish a regular airmail route from the United States across the Pacific Ocean. On its inaugural airmail flight the China Clipper took off from Alameda, California, on November 22, 1935, making its way to Manila via Honolulu, Midway Island, Wake Island, and Guam over the course of one ...