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Flavored Chewing Gum
Thomas Adams invented the oh-so-popular-and-delicious flavored chewing gum in the year 1869. There's this natural gum material called chicle that forms in certain types of trees. Adams had the idea to try using that rubbery material to create synthetic bicycle tires and other rubber products to replace the expensive ones. Unfortunately, no matter how hard he tried, the just couldn't make it work! One day after he was tired of the lack of success, he popped some chicle in his mouth! -
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When Adams began chewing the chicle, he decided the flavor wasn't too bad and had the genius idea to add flavoring. Little did he know that this idea would be so popular that it would boom into his own gum company! -
Margaret Knight
Often known as "The Lady Einstein," Margaret Knight is one of the few woman innovators that has made a stand in history. She began working in a textile mill when she was 12, and later on began working at a paper bag mill. At the time, the paper bags had a rounded bottom, and Margaret felt it would be easier to hold things in if they were to have a flat bottom instead. Wanting her idea to become real, she put it in her own hands to design a machine to do this all on her own, and didn't fail. -
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In fact, her paper bag invention was so good, that a man had hired a spy to steal her design and get the patent for that instead. That man felt no woman could truly invent something that worked! After finding out about the scandal, she sued him, resulting in her getting the patent in 1971. Margaret had made several more inventions to help with sewing and paper bag making throughout the rest of her innovative career. -
Phonograph
As Thomas Edison was trying to improve his telegraph transmitter, a previous invention that made him rich, he found out that if a paper tape is moved through a machine quick enough, it creates a static that resembles words. He improved it so a needle can record also, and then recorded the words, "Mary had a little lamb." When it was released to the public, they were utterly confounded, but this was just the beginning of recorded sounds. -
Frank Lloyd Wright
One of America's greatest architects, he invented the modern style of American homes. Most sitizens wanted their houses dressed like everything else, what they were used to; european style. Wright saw this as an opprotunity to create a unique American style of buildings, something he called "Organic Architecture" He grew up in Wisconsin and dropped out of high school, afterwards becoming an architect's assistiant. He soon developed his own company. His first design came out in 1887, -
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The local success he gained from his first building resulted in him becoming more ambitious to follow his dream. Soon, he became a very well-known American architect. Frank continued designing buildings up until he died in 1959. He created over 1000 designs.
