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Miss Beulah Louise Henry, of North Carolina and a direct descendent of Patrick Henry, is often called the “Lady Edison” because of her many inventions. She arrived at the Patent Office in Washington today to consult with Uncle Sam about one of her more than 40 inventions.
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
February 11, 1887
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Mary Anderson | |
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Born | Mary Anderson February 19, 1866 Greene County, Alabama |
Died | June 27, 1953 (aged 87) Monteagle, Tennessee |
February 19, 1866
743,801 to a Birmingham, Alabama woman named Mary Anderson for her “window cleaning device for electric cars and other vehicles to remove snow, ice or sleet from the window.” When she received her patent, Anderson tried to sell it to a Canadian manufacturing firm, but the company refused: The device had no practical …
Author Maria Beasley
Beasley’s design for the life raft was patented in 1882, and patents like hers and others would save uncountable lives in the coming years. Maria Beasley’s 1882 life raft patent. Author Maria Beasley. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, millions of immigrants filled ocean liners in promise of a better life.Apr 24, 2018
Deceased (1866–1953)
Alabama native Mary Anderson (1866-1953) is credited with inventing the first operational windshield wiper. In her 1903 patent, she called her invention a window cleaning device for electric cars and other vehicles.
It wasn’t until 1916 that windshield wipers were standard equipment on most vehicles, allowing for further advancements in the technology. William M. Folberth, an inventor, patented the first automatic, non-hand-driven windshield wipers in 1919.
The first windshield wipers were brushes. … Apjohn came up with a method of moving two brushes up and down on a vertical plate glass windshield in 1903. In the same year, Mary Anderson devised a swinging arm that swept rain off the windshield when the driver moved a lever located inside the car.
Greene County, Alabama, United States
1. Windshield wipers were Invented by Mary Anderson.
Horace Mann
Credit for our modern version of the school system usually goes to Horace Mann. When he became Secretary of Education in Massachusetts in 1837, he set forth his vision for a system of professional teachers who would teach students an organized curriculum of basic content.
By the mid-1960s a large color TV could be obtained for only $300– a mere $2,490 in today’s money. It’s unthinkable how much of an average worker’s income that would have been back then. The median household income in 1966 was $6,882. It’s no wonder that color TV was such an exclusive viewing experience.
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