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The Philo T Farnsworth (the inventor of television) sculpture by Lawrence Noble was installed at the Letterman Digital Arts Campus (Lucasfilm) on the Presidio in San Francisco, CA on Wednesday, April 9th, 2008.
View addition information about Birminghamian Mary Anderson, inventor of the windshield wiper. To discover many more inventors from Birmingham and Alabama search our Alabama Inventors Database.
There is no definitive origin or inventor of the skateboard. One proposed origin is that skateboards arose in the 1940s and 1950s, when children would participate in soapbox (car) races, using soap-boxes attached to wooden planks on rollerskate wheels. When the soap-box became detached from the plank, children would ride these primitive "skateboards". Another suggests that the skateboard was created directly from the adaptation of a single roller skate taken apart and nailed to a 2x4, without the soapbox at all and that it was often surfers looking to recreate the feel of surfing on the land when the surf was flat.
The skateboard has evolved since the first mass produced models in the 1960s. Boards in the past were often made in the shape of a surfboard, with no concavity and constructed of solid wood,plastic, even metal. The wheels were usually made of a clay composite, or steel and the trucks (axles) were less sturdy and initially of a 'single-action' design compared to today's 'double-action'.
Herbert Frood, inventor of the disc brake, had a brilliantly simple idea; he would advertise his brake pads on railway bridges throughout the UK - and nowhere else. The bridges soon became known in each locailty as 'The Ferodo Bridge' and a number still carry the name of the company - which still exists today.
A fun and easy way to get started with programming and hardware interaction. The Inventor Kits are used for classes and special programs in the Lee Innovation Lab.
A kettle I drew in my 3D design package "AutoDesk Inventor"
. . . . . Mrs overkill just sighed and called me a GEEK .
Several Colt employees pose in front of the Tucker armored car at the Colt testing range. Standing left to right are: Eugene Houston, car driver; Wesley C. Casson, designer; C. H. Coles; G. Ironside; Preston Tucker, inventor.
Connecticut State Library, State Archives, PG 460, Colt Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company, Box 1, Folder 5, Item 2
Singer,songwriter,photographer, inventor,and author Graham Nash signing copies of his book ,"Wild Tales" at Bookpeople in Austin, Texas on 08/28/2014.Mr.Nash was in town for a concert with his band Crosby,Stills,and Nash.(Jeff J. Newman/Globe Photos)
Francia. Blois. La estatua de Denis Papin contempla la ciudad desde lo alto de la Escalera Monumental.
Denis Papin (Blois, 1647-Londres, c.1712) fue un inventor francés. Tras estudiar ciencias físicas en Angers se trasladó a Londres, donde trabajó con Boyle. Fue profesor de matemáticas en la Universidad de Marburgo. Ideó el llamado digestor o marmita de Papin, precedente del autoclave, provisto de válvula de seguridad. Inventó y perfeccionó una máquina neumática, un ventilador centrífugo para airear las minas, una máquina de vapor provista de pistón alternativo y el primer barco de vapor. Entre sus obras destacan "Experiencias sobre el vacío, con la descripción de las máquinas que sirven para obtenerlo" (1675) y "Descripción y empleo de la nueva máquina para elevar el agua" (1687).
Messing around making some things to put on the walls in Leigh's science classroom. Nikola Tesla, Inventor and scientist.
April 22, 2011
by Edweird Gray
Edward Scissorhands 20th Anniversary Tribute
April 16, 2011 - May 9, 2011
Gallery Nucleus
Alhambra, California
www.gallerynucleus.com/gallery/pieces/292
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