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04374aam a2200337 a 4500 001 DD532538607311E2835A83B5DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20130117010100 008 091217s2010 nyuab 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1592375650 020 $a 9781592375653 040 $a ICrlF $c ICrlF $d ICrlF $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 082 04 $a 305.5/62/0973 $2 22 100 1 $a Derks, Scott. 245 10 $a Working Americans, 1880-2010 / $c by Scott Derks $n Volume XI $p Inventors & entrepreneurs. 246 30 $a Inventors & entrepreneurs 260 $a Amenia, NY : $b Grey House Pub, $c c2010. 300 $a xvii, 572 p. : $b ill., map ; $c 29 cm. 500 $a "A Universal Reference book.". 520 $a A comprehensive examination of inventors and entrepreneurs. 500 $a Includes index. 521 2 $a Adult $b Follett Library Resources. 650 0 $a Working Class $z United States. 650 0 $a Business people $z United States. 650 7 $a Inventors $z United States. $2 sears 521 2 $a Adult. 505 0 $a 1880-1899 Introduction --Developments in oil --Buck Blanchard, traveling book salesman --1885 innovations --Jan Matzeliger, revolutionized the shoe making industry --1886 innovations --James "Jake" Ritty, invented the cash register --1900-1909 Introduction --Marguerite Globman, attempted to invent streetcar fender --An antitoxin for laziness --Milton S. Hershey, created Hershey's chocolate --Chocolate timeline --Henry Wood, improved sales through mail-order seed catalog --1910-1919 Introduction --James Murray Spangler, invented upright vacuum cleaner --Vacuum cleaner timeline --Domestic labor-saving invention timeline --Harnessing heredity --Grace Wiedersein, created the Campbell's kids --Commercial canning timeline --Food and food brand timeline --Madam C.J. Walker, founded successful hair care business --1920-1920 Introduction --Using the vacuum tube to hear --Allan Kusse, harvested, shaped and distributed ice --Refrigeration timeline --Gideon Sundback, revolutionized the zipper --Joseph Ridgeway, stock pool manager on Wall Street --1930-1939 Introduction --George Mecherle, established State Farm automobile insurance --Off the record: snuff --Donald Davis, created innovative Wheaties ad campaign --Radio timeline --General Mills timeline --Herbert Thomas Kalmus, invented technicolor --Photographic film timeline --1940-1949 Introduction --William J. Woods, made electric light affordable --Electric light bulb timeline --Lt. (Dr.) Mary Sears, overcame prejudices in the U.S. Navy --Something new and strange in plastics --Percy Lebraon Spencer, invented the microwave --1950-1959 Introduction --Edwin Howard Armstrong, father of FM radio --New York City in 1954 --Large electronic machines --Jack Simplot, created a fortune from french fries --Jack Kilby, revolutionized the electronics industry --Notable inventions of the 1950s --1960-1969 Introduction --Coca-cola broadens its coverage --Norton Simon, created multimillion dollar Hunt's empire --Dr. Harry Coover, helped discover super glue --Notable inventions of the 1960s --Benjamin Eisenstadt, inventor of Sweet-n-low --1970-1979 Introduction --Roy and Dotty Eargle, created successful antique business --Bette Nesmith Graham, invented liquid paper --History of office equipment --First color telecast --Hank Selman, pioneered computer leasing --Notable inventions of the 1970s --1980-1989 Introduction --Stephen Hassenfeld, fine tuned Hasbro's GI Joe --Notable American toy timeline --James Kennedy Jarrett, super accurate rifle guru --Savannah River nuclear facility timeline --Kidcorder: sold as a toy --Bill Reindollar, created cash register repair service --Business machines timeline --1990-1999 Introduction --Marie Moffett, visionary of hydrogen fuel cells --Jerry D. Neal, vanguard in emerging cell phone market --Cell phones and wireless communications timeline --Maurice Jennings, launched the Biscuitville restaurant chain --Fast food and chain restaurant timeline --Toying with science --200-2010 Introduction --Rey Banatao, created a greener surfboard --William Thomas Davis, launched Thomas Creek Brewery as retiree --Gorm Bressner, industrial designer with many patents --3-D printing spurs a manufacturing revolution. 941 $a 1 952 $l SIPD314 $d 20230201021405.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DD532538607311E2835A83B5DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search