Kim asked me if I knew the date of birth of Barbara Askins, the inventor of a "Method of Obtaining Intensified Image from Developed Photographic Films and Plates" used for improving x-ray images among other purposes. Kim, Barbara Askins is alive however, her exact birthdate is not posted anywhere. She is probaly in her late 50s.
Who Invented the Band-aid?
Latia, Earle Dickson was an employee at Johnson & Johnson when he invented the band-aid in 1921.
Put a Shrimp on the Barbe
Special thanks goes to Gary W. Neal for letting me know the achievements of his great-grandfather Ellsworth B. A. Zwoyer. Zwoyer patented a design for charcoal briquettes in 1897. The image to the left is from Zwoyer's patent. Gary, Edison was notorious for borrowing other people’s great ideas.
Major thankies for the article.Thanks Again. Will read on…