Posts Tagged ‘Inventions’
Question Asked: Who Invented The Alarm Clock?
The concept of setting a device (or another person) to wake you up at a specific time in the morning dates way back to the early days.
The first mechanical alarm clock was invented by Levi Hutchins in 1787. This device he made only for himself however, and it only had one setting -4 AM. He created this device in order to help him wake up for work.
The French inventor Antoine Redier was the first to patent an adjustable mechanical alarm clock, in 1847.
Question Asked: Who Created The Keyboard?
I’m assuming you meant keyboard as in the thing I’m typing on right now, and not the musical instrument. If I’m wrong, reply to my e-mail for clarification.
The “keyboard” as we know it today, derives from the work of inventor Christopher L. Sholes, who put together the prototypes of the first commercial typewriter in a Milwaukee machine shop back in the 1860s.
The first item marketed as a type-writer was available in 1862, and had the same keyboard we have today, which is known as a “QWERTY” keyboard, because in the top row of letter keys your left hand can easily type out QWERTY.
There have been a number of other keyboard styles available in the past, but none have been even as remotely successful as the QWERTY keyboard.
Question Asked: What Year Was The BBQ Grill Invented?
The exact year is unknown. However, it’s strongly believed to have been invented in the early 1960s.
Wikipedia says:
The outdoor gas grill was invented in the early 1960s in Little Rock, Arkansas by William G. Wepfer and Melton Lancaster while working for ARKLA, the Arkansas and Louisiana power company. Wepfer, a graduate of the U.S.Naval Academy, was Director of Marketing, charged with finding new ways to sell natural gas to ARKLA residential customers, and therefore bought a basic charcoal grill and re-designed it in the Wepfer’s garage so that natural gas provided the fuel for the grill.
As time moved on, more and more types of outdoor grills came about, including hibachi, electric, and charcoal.
Question Asked: Who Invented the Microwave Oven?
The microwave oven was accidentally invented in 1946, by Dr. Percy Spencer who worked at Ratheon.
Dr. Spencer was working on a new vacuum tube called a magnetron, when he noticed that the candy bar he had in his pocket had melted by itself.
He then went on to test this new magnetron device by placing a handful of popcorn kernals next to it, and watched gleefully as they popped.
Dr. Spencer made a metal box with an opening into which he fed microwave power. The energy entering the box was unable to escape, thereby creating a higher density electromagnetic field. When food was placed in the box and microwave energy fed in, the temperature of the food rose very rapidly. Dr. Spencer had invented what was to revolutionize cooking, and form the basis of a multimillion dollar industry, the microwave oven.
Question Asked: Who Invented Mac & Cheese?
No one’s ultimately sure who invented Macaroni and Cheese. What we are sure of, however, is that Mac & Cheese has been around for centuries.
There’s records of it dating back to 1769, when it was served in England by Mrs. Elizabeth Raffald, who was a housekeeper for a wealthy family with small children.
There’s no conclusive evidence that this is the first time Mac & Cheese was made or the recipe published, but it’s the oldest one on record anywhere in the world. (At least that’s on record on the internet.)