History of the Automobile at a Glance. On the road there are now more than half a billion cars worldwide, and perhaps, two or three ones are built every second. There is an enormous variety of motor transport to all kinds of vehicles that can be driven, and motorbikes that can reach great speeds. However, all need brakes, driven by …Read the Rest
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Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833-1896)
Famous Inventor Birthday, October 21 Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833-1896) Alfred Bernhard Nobel (21 October 1833 – 10 December 1896) was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, engineer, armaments manufacturer and industrialist. Aside from being famous for Nobel Prizes, he is also best known as the inventor of dynamite. As inventor, Nobel held 355 different patents. He invented the patent for …Read the Rest
George Cadbury and His Famous Chocolate
Chocolate, anyone? How about a Cadbury? Any chocaholic will easily recognise the name “Cadbury.” It doesn’t matter whether your favourite chokkie is Lindt or Belgian or any other confectionary. Perhaps Vienna’s Mozartkugeln? A chocolate is a chocolate is a chocolate (with apology to Gertrude Stein’s “a rose is a rose is a rose… by any other name.) The founder of …Read the Rest
George Eastman and Kodak Camera
George Eastman’s name is synonymous to Kodak Camera. He was an American photographic inventor and manufacturer. George Eastman, born in Waterville, New York, celebrates his birthday today, July 12 (1854-1932). He was an American inventor and manufacturer of roll-film photograph, what is famously known today as the Kodak camera. Among his inventions, Eastman introduced the following: machine-coated plates (1879) paper …Read the Rest
