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Tag Archives: Inventions
Davenport Inventors
Many of us don’t often think about how everyday objects came to be: washing machines, zippers, fire escapes, even the board games we play. But behind them all is a person with an idea. Davenport citizens have been responsible for … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Clapp, Arthur Kottman, Bread Slicer, Burial Vault, Charles Petskeyes, Cooking Pan, Dossa D. Evins, Edward Lager, Embalming, Fire Escapes, Harry Criner, Inventions, Inventors, John Heuermann, Lorenz Wahle, Lottie Boies Clapp, Minnie Werner, Nicholaus Schroeder, Otto Rohwedder, Peterson Paper Company, Taylor Creech, William Bettendorf, X-Rays
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Celebrating Women’s History Month: Women’s Art – Women’s Vision
The 2008 Women’s History Month theme asks us to honor and recall the originality, imagination and multiple dimensions of women’s lives. A fine example of this would be 70-year-old Mrs. Mary E. Gensley who received a patent in December 1918 … Continue reading
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Tagged Inventions, Mary E. Gensley, Patents, Women's History
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