by gaiusx | Nov 26, 2012 | Inventors, Male Inventors, Others
Philip Dowling Created a Street Postal Mailbox In 1891, anyone interested in mailing a letter would have to make the long trip to the post office. Philip B. Downing designed a metal box with four legs which he patented on October 27, 1891. He called his device a... 
by gaiusx | Nov 26, 2012 | Inventors, Male Inventors, Others
Joseph Dickinson Developed Improved and Innovative Reed Organs Joseph Dickinson was born in Canada in 1955 and moved to Michigan in 1870. He learned about various types of organs while working for the Clough and Warren Organ Company in Detroit in 1872. One of the... 
by gaiusx | Nov 26, 2012 | Inventors, Male Inventors, Others
Mark Dean Created innovative Computer Devices Born in Jefferson City, Tennessee on March 2, 1957, Mark Dean found that success ran in his bloodlines. His grandfather was a high school principal and his father worked as a supervisor for the Tennessee Valley Authority... 
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...
