Much of the scarce information, available about the life of James White, a civil engineer and author of the remarkable book A New Century of Inventions, comes from biographical statements in the above ...

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Konrad Zuse was born on 22 June 1910, in Berlin (Wilmersdorf), the capital of Germany, in the family of a Prussian postal officer — Emil Wilhelm Albert Zuse (26.04.1873-14.05.1946) and Maria Crohn ...

In the early 1970s, Spanish inventor Arturo Estévez Varela introduced a pioneering engine powered by water — a concept that held the potential to revolutionize automotive technology. Despite its ...

Grave robbing increased during the Victorian Era to supply cadavers for medical schools. The theft of John Scott Harrison's body brought national attention to the issue. Patents were filed for "coffin ...

The year 2025 marks the 200th anniversary of Colonel John Stevens building and testing the first steam locomotive in America, right here in Hoboken, giving himself the name of the father of American ...

On this day in history, the first US Patent was licensed for an invention that would change the face of farming in Nebraska and the U.S., a new method of making potash to Samuel Hopkins. Potash was a ...

China has a long and storied history of innovation, with numerous groundbreaking inventions that have shaped the world. From ...

August 10, 1997 - Kool-Aid Days started in Hastings to celebrate the invention of Kool-Aid. The popular powdered drink mix, Kool-Aid, was created by Edwin Perkins in 1927. It came in six flavors and ...

Two Ohioans filed patents for devices to deter grave robbers in the late 19th century when robberies were on the rise to supply medical schools.