Event of the Month: World Series.
"A ball is man's most disastrous invention, not excluding the wheel." -- Robert Morley.
Showing posts with label inventions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label inventions. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Welcome to October
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Patently absurd
The first U. S. patent was issued on this day in 1790.
"Inventor, n.: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization." -- Ambrose Bierce.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Birthday of the Month
Alexander Graham Bell, born March 3, 1847. Bell patented the telephone on March 7, 1876.
"O misery, misery, mumble and moan!
Someone invented the telephone,
And interrupted a nation's slumbers,
Ringing wrong but similar numbers."
-- Ogden Nash.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Giving Edison the needle
Thomas A. Edison was granted a patent on the phonograph on this day in 1878.
"Dear Mr. Edison: I am astonished and terrified at the results of this evening's experiment. Astonished at the wonderful form you have developed and terrified at the thought that so much hideous and bad music will be put on records forever." -- Sir Arthur Sullivan.
Monday, December 17, 2007
Not exactly a soaring sentiment
Today is Wright Brothers day. The first successful powered flight on the morning of December 17, 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, lasted 12 seconds and spanned approximately 120 feet.
"The conquest of the air...may turn out to be the most sinister event that ever befell us." -- John Galsworthy.
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