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The first modern perfume, made of scented oils blended in an alcohol solution, was made in 1370 at the command of Queen Elizabeth of Hungary and was known throughout Europe as Hungary Water. The art of perfumery prospered in Renaissance Italy , and in the 16th century, Italian refinements were taken to France by Catherine de' Medici 's personal ...
Adobe distributed its Adobe Reader (now Acrobat Reader) program free of charge from version 2.0 onwards, [6] and continued supporting the original PDF, which eventually became the de facto standard for fixed-format electronic documents. [7] In 2008 Adobe Systems' PDF Reference 1.7 became ISO 32000:1:2008.
Adobe buildings at Cuarenta Casas. Adobe – Adobe was used by the peoples from South America, Mesoamerica, and up to Southwestern tribes of the U.S. It is estimated that it was developed around the year 3000 BCE. Alcoholic beverages - Several fermented beverages were produced by Native Americans, such as Pulque, Tepache, Agave wine and Cauim ...
2004: First podcast, invented by Adam Curry and Dave Winer, is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet and it usually features one or more recurring hosts engaged in a discussion about a particular topic or current event. [544] [545] [546] 2005: YouTube, the first popular video-streaming site, was founded
Robert Sylvester Munger (July 24, 1854 – April 20, 1923) and his wife Mary Collett Munger (1857–1924) invented the "system cotton gin". After that achievement, Munger started and ran some of the largest gin manufacturing companies in the United States. He also developed real estate in Dallas, Texas.
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Grain elevators are buildings or complexes of buildings for storage and shipment of grain. They were invented in 1842 in Buffalo, New York, by Joseph Dart, who first developed a steam-powered mechanism, called a marine leg, for scooping grain out of the hulls of ships directly into storage silos. [87] 1843 Ice cream maker (hand-cranked)
The first fan-operated air freshener product was invented in 1946 and released by the company Surco under the brand Air-Scent in 1948. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] In the United States, commercial aerosol sprays were introduced in 1948, [ citation needed ] based on what had been a military technology for dispensing insecticides . [ 10 ]