by gaiusx | Nov 26, 2012 | Inventors, Male Inventors, Others
Shelby Davidson Created Adding Machine Add-ons While Shelby Davidson could not viewed as a prolific inventor, he is significant in that he served as a great example of education, determination and perseverance. Davidson was born in Lexington, Kentucky on May 10, 1868,... 
by gaiusx | Nov 26, 2012 | Inventors, Male Inventors, Others
George Crum Invented the Potato Chip George Crum was born as George Speck in 1822 in Saratoga Lake, New York, the son of a Huron Native-American mother and an African-American father who worked as a jockey. He worked for a while as a mountain guide and trapper in... 
by gaiusx | Nov 26, 2012 | Inventors, Male Inventors, Others
David Crosthwait Designed Innovative Heating Installations. David Crosthwait was born in Nashville, Tennessee and moved to Kansas City, Missouri where he attended high school. He went on to attend Purdue University where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in... 
by gaiusx | Nov 26, 2012 | Inventors, Male Inventors, Others
Matthew Cherry Created a Tricycle and a Streetcar Fender Pioneer/Entrepreneur Matthew Cherry developed two devices that would one day evolve into very useful items for transportation. The first device was called a velocipede and consisted of a metal frame upon which... 
by gaiusx | Nov 26, 2012 | Inventors, Male Inventors, Others
George Carruthers Developed a Method for Measuring and Detected Ultraviolet Lights Often, greatness is determined by the times in which one finds oneself. For George Carruthers, growing up in the earliest stages of the space race, he like most other boys was... 
by gaiusx | Nov 26, 2012 | Inventors, Male Inventors, Others
Henry Brown Created a Strongbox for Personal Valuables Henry Brown was an inventor who saw a need for a convenient and secure way to store money, valuables and important papers. At that time, people commonly kept those type of items in wooden or cardboard boxes in...
