Bread-Slicing Machine: The Inventor
One might expect that the fellow who invented the bread-slicer would be a baker, but inventor Otto Frederick Rohwedder (1880-1960) was a jeweler.
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Inventions for Convenience
Stephanie L. Kwolek (1923-2014), Chemist and Inventor of Kevlar
Created the first of a family of synthetic fibers of exceptional strength Worked on the team that took her creation from invention to product implementation; now this fiber—or some form
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Margaret Knight, Inventor of Paper Grocery Bag
Received first patent in 1868; obtained at least 25 more patents over her lifetime Invented a machine that could create the square-bottomed grocery bag that is still used today Margaret
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Inventor of the Diaper Cover and Forerunner of the Disposable Diaper
Marion Donovan (1917-1998) grew up as the daughter of an inventor. When she became a mother and began to see the areas where child care and homemaking could be improved.
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King Gillette: The Man Behind the Safety Razor
King C. Gillette (1855-1932) came up with the idea for a disposable razor during his years as a traveling salesman. He realized how handy it would be to use and
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U.S. Mail Delivery via “Auto[matic]” Horse
One hundred years ago in Redlands, California, there were no mail trucks or mail cars…just a mail horse.
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