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Greatest Inventors You’ve Never Heard Of
To be sure, Edison deserves the credit he has received, and then some. But there are other inventors whose contributions have done as much to advance society and deserve a place of honor — and not just the more well-known inventors and innovators like the Wright Brothers, Alexander Graham Bell, Henry Ford or Samuel Morse.
I’m talking about those lesser-known geniuses whose work has contributed to the advancement of technology and innovation that was once the backbone of this nation.
Inventors like Clarence Birdseye, who developed a method for flash freezing food. Or Laszlo Josef Biro, who developed the modern ballpoint pen. Imagine filling out all of those economic stimulus applications — not to mention college applications and scholarship forms — using a fountain pen?
And there is Josephine Garis Cochran, who invented the first practical dishwasher. Or Beulah Henry, known as the “Lady Edison,” whose first invention was a vacuum-sealed ice cream freezer.
William Painter and the crown bottle cap, making carbonated beverages in glass bottles possible. Or Walter Hunt’s invention of the safety pin. Or Theophilus Van Kannel and the revolving door.
In fact, everything we come into contact with every day was invented by somebody. From the appliances in our kitchens to the lotions and potions and creams we use to get ready for work and school and even the packages, bags and bundles we pack our lunches in.
Necessity is really the mother of invention because all of these things are necessary.
“Lady Edison” Photo by cr4.globalspec.com.
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Jaclyn Freeman on February 18th, 2009 11:34 am
that is very true…we don’t tend to remember the smaller and lesser well known inventor’s like those mentioned here, rather we concentrate on the big one’s like edison and bell just because they are written down in history and we learn about them in school, etc. but there are so many inventors out there that have really contributed to our society and technology and they all deserve recognition.
cassy on February 18th, 2009 6:57 pm
i agree too…. we just remeber the inventor who are known to us,but the one that are not known and makes also a good invention is not recognize,why? it is beacuse they are just a simple inventor? or they are not recognize because they dont have a million worth of invention like Bill Gates of microsoft or other well known inventor,we have lots of inventors in the world,they cant came up coz luck of support from the goverment,like here in our country we have people who invent to make water as fuel for cars but the goverment dont recognize it coz they were afraid that the tax from the oil well get affected coz many will goto water as fuel for their car,thats why until now its not recognize here,japan was the one who help the inventor and used them in their country as fuel for their car,now the invention is now invented in japan coz they buy the rights of the invention. that is the lesson that we have to correct here in our country.all inventors small or big must be recognize coz they are a big help to our futures technology.
jaeda on February 18th, 2009 7:55 pm
yah, that’s true!!!
Agree with you Jaclyn…
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