Celebrating Ingenuity The Inventions that Transformed 1886

Key Takeaways · Paper money, invented by China, kickstarted economies by removing the need to barter with goods. · Vaccinations helped reduce illness and deaths, ... Opportunity came in the form of George Westinghouse, an inventor and businessman from Pittsburgh who had made his fortune manufacturing air brakes for the ... Glidden's invention made barbed wire more effective not only because ... The harsh winter of 1886, culminating in a big January 1887 ... Coca‑Cola History. The product that has given the world its best-known taste was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 8, 1886. Dr. John Stith Pemberton, a local ... ... made in 1885. Prints and Photographs … Continue reading “Who ... 1886, GASOLINE / First four wheeled, four-stroke engine- known as the ... Frederick Jackson Turner delivers the address “The Significance of the Frontier in American History.” Colorado grants women's suffrage, the first state to do so ... He goes on to list a significant number of inventions that were ready and waiting on the shelf when Benz built the Patentwagen. Rubber tires, wire wheels ... 1945 – Invention of the microwave oven / Tupperware reusable plastic containers / Frozen ready-made meals 1946 – Electric coffee grinder 1948 – Electric mixer Coca-Cola's history began in 1886 when the curiosity of an Atlanta pharmacist, Dr. John S. Pemberton, led him to create a distinctive tasting soft drink. Carbon wire filament incandescent light bulb (1886) by Edison Electric Light CompanyNEMO Science Museum. It's hard to imagine life without these glass bulbs ...