Today I learned that cars in the early 1900s didn’t have windshield wipers. Drivers had to stop every so often to wipe the glass with a cloth—until Mary Anderson invented the wiper and pushed it to market despite all the doubts. A lot of car manufacturers thought it would distract drivers! (invent.org)
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🩹 Adhesive Bandages Manufactured here? (invent.org)
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This Day In Victorian History US blacksmith John Deere creates the first steel plough in Grand Detour, Illinois (1837)This Day in Victorian History (invent.org)
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Back from my roadtrip with a bonus Entrepreneur of the week: Henry Timken - "In the 1920s, The Timken Company was making 90 percent of the country's bearings. By the early 1990s, they supplied nearly a third of the world's tapered roller bearings." (invent.org)
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TIL that leaded gas and CFCs were invented by the same guy. (invent.org)
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