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Shuman sunengine on the March 1916 cover of Hugo Gernsback's The Electrical Experimenter Shuman sunengine 1907 Photo: Technical World magazine, September 1907. Frank Shuman (/ ˈ ʃ uː m ə n /; January 23, 1862 – April 28, 1918) was an American inventor, engineer and solar energy pioneer known for his work on solar engines, especially those that used solar energy to heat water that would ...
Within 3 months, he was producing glass for appliances, and for display cases; within 3 years, Permaglass was a leading manufacturer of glass plates for television sets. As the auto and electronics industries boomed in the 1950s, Permaglass was very successful.
Telkes received a grant from the Ford Foundation of $45,000 to develop a solar-powered oven so people who lack the technology around the world would be able to heat things. [7] The project criteria included: "it had to be able to cook, boil, and bake according to any local custom", "durable, portable, and simple to use and clean", cheap, and it ...
To get to know an African country for the first time, he spent worked for six weeks in an aid camp in Kenya. At the end he talked to the director about the solar stove. He was invited to come back and start the project on site. In 1985, they started, initially with simple solar cooking boxes made of cardboard, foil and glass.
Harold Warp (December 21, 1903 – April 8, 1994) was an American businessman who invented Flex-O-Glass. He also founded Pioneer Village in Minden, Nebraska. [1] [2] [3] Harold Warp was born in a sod house on a farm near Minden, Nebraska. He was the youngest of twelve children born to an immigrant family from Norway. When he was three years old ...
Other archaeological evidence suggests that the first true glass was made in coastal north Syria, Mesopotamia or Egypt. [2] The earliest known glass objects, of the mid 2,000 BCE, were beads, perhaps initially created as the accidental by-products of metal-working or during the production of faience, a pre-glass vitreous material made by a ...
Since 2000, binge drinking has fallen from 30% to 9% in 12th grade, from 24% to 5% in 10th grade and from 12% to 2% in 8th grade. Getty. Teens drinking beer (stock image)
Charles Fritts (1850 – 1903 [1]) was the American inventor credited with creating the first working selenium cell in 1883.. According to CleanTechnica, the world's first rooftop solar array, using Fritts' selenium cells, was installed in 1884 on a New York City rooftop. [2]