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[James Buchanan Eads, engineer and inventor of ironclad warships, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] / Williams & Cornwell.

[James Buchanan Eads, engineer and inventor of ironclad warships, head...

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[Thomas Edison, half-length portrait, facing left and looking down into glass, experimenting in his laboratory]

[Thomas Edison, half-length portrait, facing left and looking down int...

J239947 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by T.A.E. Inc. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boxes placed in Smithsonian in 1881 by telephone inventor opened for first time. Washington, D.C., Oct. Three boxes which Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, and two associates placed in the secret archives of the Smithsonian Institution in 1881 and which have remained [un][?]opened since, were formally opened today in the presence of Bell's two daughters and a group of scientists. The boxes contained among other things the original working model of the first machine ever to record on wax and reproduce the Human voice. In the photograph, left to right: Mrs. David Fairchild, daughter of the inventor; Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, another daughter; Alexander Graham Bell, great-grandson of Bell; T.H. Beard, Director or Research of the Dictaphone Co.; Dr. Charles Abbot, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; and H.W. Dorsey, also of the Smithsonian. 10/27/37

Boxes placed in Smithsonian in 1881 by telephone inventor opened for f...

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Pill-Box Fort built in four hours. Washington, D.C., Aug. 25. Something new in speedy-built forts was built on the grounds of the Bureau of Standards today in four hours. Karl P. Billner, Swedish Inventor, supervised the building of the pill box which was done by his new invention as the vacuum concrete invention. Today's demonstration was to show a new and more efficient method of construction for defense purposes under emergencies, 8/25/38

Pill-Box Fort built in four hours. Washington, D.C., Aug. 25. Somethin...

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Dr. Bair, college professor and inventor, saws steel billets to swell the volume for victory. He and his son use a homemade cart to wheel billets to power saws

Dr. Bair, college professor and inventor, saws steel billets to swell ...

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Dr. Bair. College professor turns war worker. Dr Bair, holder of eleven college degrees, engineer, poet and inventor, lubricates the power hacksaw he uses to saw billets of steel for a war production plant

Dr. Bair. College professor turns war worker. Dr Bair, holder of eleve...

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[Sir Richard Arkwright, inventor of the spinning machine]

[Sir Richard Arkwright, inventor of the spinning machine]

Japanese print shows an angry Arkwright sending his wife to her parents because she deliberately broke his spinning wheel. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 42; 47623a (white label); LC2585; 164. Ea... More

Alois Senefelder inventor of lithography, engraving, Library of Congress

Alois Senefelder inventor of lithography, engraving, Library of Congre...

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PRIDHAM, S. INVENTOR OF MEGAPHONE

PRIDHAM, S. INVENTOR OF MEGAPHONE

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New machine to speed up statistics of census of 1940. Washington, D.C., Dec. 2. Back in 1870, it took 7 years to compile statistics from the facts taken by census takers, but in the next 10 years, Herman Hollerith invented a 'unit tabulator,' shown on left of photo being operated by Operator Ann Oliver. This machine is fed cards containing census information at the rate of 400 a minute and from these, 12 separate bits of statistical information is extracted. Not so long ago, Eugene M. La Boiteaux, Census Bureau inventor, turned out a smaller, more compact machine, which extracts 58 statistics from 150 cards per minute. This machine is shown on the right and is being operated by Virginia Balinger, Assistant Supervisor of the current Inquiry Section. With the aid of this machine, statistical information from the 1940 census is expected to be compiled in 2 1/2 years. The secret of the machine lies in the cards. The written information taken by census takers is brought in and the data translated into code numbers which are punched on the card, and the legible data is locked up in vaults away from prying eyes. Cards are fed into the machine, sensitive steel fingers feel out the punches, set up electrical impulses, and in no time at all, the card has set down on the large sheet just what statistic from each individual goes in what place

New machine to speed up statistics of census of 1940. Washington, D.C....

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On job. Washington, D.C. Jan. 19. Charles Edison, son of the famous inventor and new Assistant Secretary of the Navy, pictured at his desk today. He was inducted into office yesterday

On job. Washington, D.C. Jan. 19. Charles Edison, son of the famous in...

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[Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931, three-quarter length portrait, standing, in laboratory]

[Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931, three-quarter length portrait, standin...

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[Bernard Palissy, inventor of enamelled pottery]

[Bernard Palissy, inventor of enamelled pottery]

Japanese print shows Palissy, apparently in a frenzy, burning chairs to keep the furnace going as a woman breast feeding a baby and a boy run in fear. Annotation written in pencil on mount: Palissy, Bernard c.... More

[John Taliaferro Thompson, U.S. Army officer, founder of the Auto-Ordnance Corporation, and inventor of the Thompson submachine gun]

[John Taliaferro Thompson, U.S. Army officer, founder of the Auto-Ordn...

J209480 U.S. Copyright Office. Photographer's name and location from Catalog of Copyright Entries: Works of art..., Volume 10, p. 548.

Marconi (Inventor of Radio) - Public domain dedication image

Marconi (Inventor of Radio) - Public domain dedication image

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Pill-Box Fort finished in four hours. Washington, D.C., Aug. 25. Something new in speedy-built forts was built on the grounds of the Bureau of Standards today in four hours. Karl P. Billner, Swedish Inventor, supervised the building of the pill box which was done by his new invention as the vacuum concrete invention. Mr. Billner, is looking over the finished product, 8/25/38

Pill-Box Fort finished in four hours. Washington, D.C., Aug. 25. Somet...

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Dr. Bair. Scientist, now turned war worker, checks over fire-scarred models of some of his inventions. Dr. Bair, once a college professor and inventor, is aiding the production drive by sawing steel billets to sizes required by a large forging company. A fire destroyed his house and his valuable library several years ago

Dr. Bair. Scientist, now turned war worker, checks over fire-scarred m...

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[John Heathcoat, inventor of the knitting machine]

[John Heathcoat, inventor of the knitting machine]

Japanese print showing Heathcoat displaying the first successful result from his knitting machine to his wife. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 163; 47623a (white label); LC2585; 42; typescript cap... More

In recognition of his having conducted the most successful radio show in the U.S. Alfred Stern, director of Washington's first radio show, was presented with this elaborate loop antenna by Dr. J. Harris Rogers, famous inventor. It is estimated that 50,000 persons attended this exhibition

In recognition of his having conducted the most successful radio show ...

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The latest in electric baseball scoreboards. George Coleman, inventor of Wash., is shown with the mechanism of the new scoreboard

The latest in electric baseball scoreboards. George Coleman, inventor ...

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Exhibits famous Gutenberg Bible. Herbert Putnam, Librarian of the Library of Congress, exhibits the famous Gutenberg Bible, printed about 1450 by John Gutenberg, the inventor of printing. The Bible is a part of the Vollbehr collection, brought to the United States this year by a special Congressional approriation and now open th the public at the Library. 12/15/30

Exhibits famous Gutenberg Bible. Herbert Putnam, Librarian of the Libr...

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Prof. S.F.B. Morse. The great inventor of the telegraph

Prof. S.F.B. Morse. The great inventor of the telegraph

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Inventor of microphone to receive Franklin Gold Medal. On May 15th, Emile Berliner, Washington Scientist, will appear for the third time [...] the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, this time to receive their highest award, the Franklin Gold Medal. Diaphramed walls for perfecting acoustics in auditoriums is his latest achievement to attract their attention. His disc talking machine is, of course, known the world over, he is best known as the inventor of the microphone

Inventor of microphone to receive Franklin Gold Medal. On May 15th, Em...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Emile Berliner 1851 – 1929 was a German-born American... More

Vice-President of her local, United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America, Congress of Industrial Organization (CIO), Mary achieved the job of forelady by working as a hand at many varied operations. She has made a suggestion to conserve bakelite lamp bases, formerly discarded (a suggestion now in use at the plant), and is also the inventor of an apparatus which prevents short-circuiting during tests of lamps. Mary Petillo, forelady of a Newark, New Jersey factory making lamp bulbs and tubes for the Signal Corps, is an active member of her plant's Labor-Management drive to speed victory. She was elected from a plant personnel of 1700, 350 of them men

Vice-President of her local, United Electrical Radio and Machine Worke...

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The Rumsey Monument, honoring inventor James Rumsey, in Shepherdstown, West Virginia

The Rumsey Monument, honoring inventor James Rumsey, in Shepherdstown,...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Rumsey's devotees claim it was he, not Robert Fulton, who truly invented the steamboat, completing much of the work in Shepherdstown. ... More

[Allegorical representation of Time rewarding Industry and punishing Indolence] / M. de vos, inventor ; R. Sadler [sic] scalps. et excud.

[Allegorical representation of Time rewarding Industry and punishing I...

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A Veteran Inventor. About 6 miles from Washington, on the edge of the little hamlet of Hyattsville, Md., may be found Dr. James Harris Rogers, wizard inventor, now 80 years old, retired from his work but still erect and energetic It was Dr. Rogers, who during the war proved that water as well as earth and air is a medium for the transmission of electro-magnetic waves. Through the "well" located on his property, high officials heard German official reports

A Veteran Inventor. About 6 miles from Washington, on the edge of the ...

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Mary Petillo, forelady of a Newark, New Jersey factory making lamp bulbs and tubes for the Signal Corps, is an active member of her plant's laboratory management committee. The committee, set up in cooperation with the War Production Board's drive to speed victory, was elected in Mary's plant from a personnel of 1700, 350 of them men. Vice-president of her local, United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, Congress of Industrial Organization, Mary achieved the job of forelady by working working as a hand at many varied operations. She has made a suggestion to conserve bakelite lamp bases formerly discarded--a suggestion now in use at the plant--and is also the inventor of an apparatus which prevents short-circuiting during tests of lamps

Mary Petillo, forelady of a Newark, New Jersey factory making lamp bul...

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[James Watt, inventor of the steam engine]

[James Watt, inventor of the steam engine]

Japanese print shows Watt collecting steam from a boiling kettle while his aunt rebukes him for his nonsense. Extensive, unidentified Japanese writing on backing sheet of paper. Annotation written in pencil on... More

Nasmyth's patent steam hammer, copied by permission of the inventor from the machine in the great exhibition

Nasmyth's patent steam hammer, copied by permission of the inventor fr...

Illus. in: Cyclopædia of useful arts, mechanical and chemical, manufactures, mining, and engineering / ed. by Charles Tomlinson.... London : New York, G. Virtue & co., 1854. Published in: The tradition of tech... More

James D. Halloran, a fireman attached to Engine Company no. 20 of this city (N.Y.) is the inventor ... smoke mask ...

James D. Halloran, a fireman attached to Engine Company no. 20 of this...

3 firemen wearing masks. J161786 U.S. Copyright Office Photo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. Copyright not renewed. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI I... More

[Hiram Percy Maxim, inventor, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

[Hiram Percy Maxim, inventor, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left...

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ARMY, U.S. WIRE CUTTING MACHINE WITH INVENTOR, JOHN E. LOGAN

ARMY, U.S. WIRE CUTTING MACHINE WITH INVENTOR, JOHN E. LOGAN

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Alfred Nobel, The Swedish inventor of Dynamite

Alfred Nobel, The Swedish inventor of Dynamite

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC, Red Cross Mag. Group title: Personnel. Sweden. Used in: Red Cross of the Wor... More

Abraham Lincoln an inventor - Public domain portrait photograph

Abraham Lincoln an inventor - Public domain portrait photograph

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Inventor of America's first flying machine attends International Civil Aeronautics Conference. Orville Wright, one of the famous Wright brothers who made the first flight in America 25 years ago, was given a hearty greeting by the delegates from all over the world when he arrived to attend the first session of the International Civil Aeronautics Conference in Washington today. In this picture Mr. Wright (right) is shaking hands with William F. Whiting, Secretary of Commerce

Inventor of America's first flying machine attends International Civil...

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[James Watt, inventor of the steam engine]

[James Watt, inventor of the steam engine]

Japanese print shows Watt collecting steam from a boiling kettle while his aunt rebukes him for his nonsense. Extensive, unidentified Japanese writing on backing sheet of paper. Annotation written in pencil on... More

Col. Lindbergh receives Harmon trophy. The highlight of today's session of the International Civil Aeronautics Conference was the presentation of the Harmon Trophy to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, America's air ace. The trophy is awarded annually by the International League of Aviators to the man voted to have done the most for aeronautics that year In the photograph, left to right: William McCracken, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aviation; Pierre Etienne Flandin, Vice President of the International League of Aviators and chief of the French delegation to the air conference, who presented the trophy; Col. Lindbergh; and Orville Wright, Inventor of the first airplane in America

Col. Lindbergh receives Harmon trophy. The highlight of today's sessio...

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The man behind the gun. John C. Garand, inventor of the semi-automatic rifle now being turned out in large quantities under the war program, looks over one of the guns

The man behind the gun. John C. Garand, inventor of the semi-automatic...

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Dr. Bair aiding the war production drive by sawing steel billets is engineer, philosopher, psychologist, poet, inventor and sub-contractor! He lives with his son's family near the shop where he reduces steel billets to sizes required by a large forging plant

Dr. Bair aiding the war production drive by sawing steel billets is en...

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Dr. Bair. College professor and inventor saws steel billets to swell the volume for victory. He and his son use a homemade cart to wheel billets from the unloading point to power saws

Dr. Bair. College professor and inventor saws steel billets to swell t...

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[Map of Mexico City and environs, showing some buildings] / Samuel Estradanus sculptist, Didac Cisneros inventor

[Map of Mexico City and environs, showing some buildings] / Samuel Est...

Engraving by Samuel Estradanus. Illus. in: Diego Cisneros' Sitio, naturaleza y propriedades dela Ciudad de Mexico (1618). Reference copy may be in Geog. File (Graphics) Mexico Mexico City. This record contains ... More

The most famous inventor of the age--Thomas A. Edison in his laboratory, East Orange, N.J., U.S.A.

The most famous inventor of the age--Thomas A. Edison in his laborator...

Thomas Alva Edison, half-length portrait, standing in his laboratory, facing slightly left. H4733 U.S. Copyright Office.

[Thomas Alva Edison, full-length portrait, seated, facing front, between two phonograph cabinets, one of which is made of concrete]

[Thomas Alva Edison, full-length portrait, seated, facing front, betwe...

J166749 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of bureau, cabinet, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New ether - a great medical discovery. ... Dr. J.H. Cotton, the inventor, is seen experimenting with the ether in a Boston hospital [on cat; with 2 other men] 1920

New ether - a great medical discovery. ... Dr. J.H. Cotton, the invent...

Photo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Mass. Boston Misc.; Medicine; BI; Photog. I.; Laboratory animals; Ansethesia; Medi... More

Three way vehicle boom. This is what is left of a tri-phibian, a device intended to fly in the air, run on the highway, or through the water. The inventor, [...] Viachos of Washington, was in it when it blew up. Now he is in the hospital. A.M. Crumpler, shown here with Mrs. Viachos, helped pull the inventor from the wreckage. It did not get into the air. 10/25/35

Three way vehicle boom. This is what is left of a tri-phibian, a devic...

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To save time in checking threads on a twenty-millimeter shell booster, a plant superintendent built this machine. It makes possible a speedy checking of thread accuracy in contrast to the old hand method. The inventor made the machine out of a fan base and a couple pieces of machine steel in a matter of hours. Months would have been necessary to buy such a machine on the market

To save time in checking threads on a twenty-millimeter shell booster,...

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Invention for defense. John C. Garand, inventor of the Army's semi-automatic rifle, at work in his model shop

Invention for defense. John C. Garand, inventor of the Army's semi-aut...

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Dr. Chas. E. Monroe, Inventor of [...]

Dr. Chas. E. Monroe, Inventor of [...]

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Edison takes oath as Secretary of Navy. Washington, D.C., Jan. 2. Charles Edison, son of the late inventor, Thomas Edison, was today sworn in as the 46th Secretary of the Navy to succeed the late Secretary Claude A. Swanson. Edison is the second man to become Secretary of the Navy after serving as Assistant Secretary, the other was Truman Newberry, who became Secretary in December, 1908. Left to right: Mrs. Charles Edison, Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring, Secretary Edison, and Rear Admiral Walter B. Woodson, Judge Advocate General, administering the oath

Edison takes oath as Secretary of Navy. Washington, D.C., Jan. 2. Char...

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Washington inventor says ignition interference from airplane engines is a myth. Ignition interference from airplane engines on aircraft is largely a myth according to C. Francis Jenkins, Washington, D.C., inventor who has designed a radio receiving set which he does not pick up noises from a flying power plant. In this photograph is shown Mr. Jenkins (right) and his laboratory assistant

Washington inventor says ignition interference from airplane engines i...

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Study Johnson semi-automatic rifle. Washington, D.C., May 29. Senator Morris Sheppard, left, Chairman of the Senate Military Affairs Committee, Maj. General George A. Lynch, U.S. Chief of Infantry, and Senator A.B. Chandler of Kentucky, inspect the Johnson semi-automatic rifle which may replace the Garand gas-operated rifle as the Army's standard shoulder weapon. Capt. Melvin M. Johnson, inventor of the Johnson rifle, told the Senate Military Affairs today when it began consideration of a bill to change the Army's standard shoulder weapon, that his rifle could be manufactured more rapidly than the Garand

Study Johnson semi-automatic rifle. Washington, D.C., May 29. Senator ...

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A couple of men standing next to each other, Louisiana. Farmers during Great Depression

A couple of men standing next to each other, Louisiana. Farmers during...

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Dr. Bair, college professor and inventor, saws steel billits to swell the volume for victory. He and his son use a homemade cart to wheel billets to power saws

Dr. Bair, college professor and inventor, saws steel billits to swell ...

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Buried trolley tracks salvaged to aid war program. Removing abandoned trolley tracks to provide much needed scrap for Uncle Sam. Here, in Asheville, North Carolina, a local inventor demonstrates his "railjerk" for doing the trick. He claims his device, employing three men, can pry loose a mile of track a day

Buried trolley tracks salvaged to aid war program. Removing abandoned ...

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[Bernard Palissy, inventor of enamelled pottery]

[Bernard Palissy, inventor of enamelled pottery]

Japanese print shows Palissy, apparently in a frenzy, burning chairs to keep the furnace going as a woman breast feeding a baby and a boy run in fear. Annotation written in pencil on mount: Palissy, Bernard c.... More

Allen Ramsey Wurtele, second from left, inventor of mechanical sugarcane harvester with sugarcane experts who came up from General International Convention to see his harvester. Mix, Louisiana

Allen Ramsey Wurtele, second from left, inventor of mechanical sugarca...

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Tomm Brown, who claims to have had the first saxaphone act, posed with 1st saxaphone made by Adolph Sax, the inventor

Tomm Brown, who claims to have had the first saxaphone act, posed with...

1/2, standing, (6 - facing right - right side of face is most visible). Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. In album: Washington, D.C., 1922, v. 4, Herbert E. French, National Ph... More

First calculating machine presented to Smithsonian. Washington, D.C., March 31. An old macaroni box filled with an arrangement of wheels, rubber bands, meat skewers and staples which was the forerunner of the modern key-driven, multiple-order calculating machine, was presented to the Smithsonian Institution today. The scarred old box was designed and constructed by Dorr E. Felt, young Chicago mechanic, 52 years ago when he first started in to solve the problem of what is now the modern calculating machine. Mrs. Raymond J. Koch, (right) oldest daughter of the late inventor, is shown making the prsentation to Dr. Charles G. Abbot, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. In the center is Raymond J. Koch, 3/31/1937

First calculating machine presented to Smithsonian. Washington, D.C., ...

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Unknown. “J.E.M.” to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, December 11, 1860 (Advice from fellow inventor)

Unknown. “J.E.M.” to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, December 11, 1860 (Ad...

HAMMOND, JOHN HAYS, JR. [i.e., SR.] INVENTOR

HAMMOND, JOHN HAYS, JR. [i.e., SR.] INVENTOR

Photo shows John Hays Hammond, Sr., (1855-1936) based on similarity to his 1911 portrait in the National Photo Co. Collection (Source: C. Arms, 2011)

Brains of Aeronautic World represented on National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics is photographed in Washington the other day when they met at the Navy Department. The duties of the Committee, as provided by Congress, are to supervise and direct the scientific study of the problems of flight, with a view to their practical solution. In the photograph, left to right: G.W. Lewis; Charles G. Abbet, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; Orville Wright, Inventor of the airplane; Commander John H. Towers; U.S.N., here of the first trans-atlantic flight in 1919; Joseph S. Amos, Chairman; Brig. General Benjamin D. Foulois, first U.S. Army Aviator; William P. MacCracken, former Secretary of Commerce for Aviation; Charles F. Marvin, Chief U.S. Weather Bureau; David W. Taylor, Vice Chairman. Standing is John F. Victory, Secretary

Brains of Aeronautic World represented on National Advisory Committee ...

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Inventor of microphone to receive Franklin Gold Medal. On May 15th, Emile Berliner, Washington Scientist, will appear for the third time ... the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, this time to receive their highest award, the Franklin Gold Medal. Diaphramed walls for perfecting acoustics in auditoriums is his latest achievement to attract their attention. His disc talking machine is, of course, known the world over, he is best known as the inventor of the microphone

Inventor of microphone to receive Franklin Gold Medal. On May 15th, Em...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a table, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. On sleeve: Watch Your Credit Line. Gift; ... More

[Sir Richard Arkwright, inventor of the spinning machine]

[Sir Richard Arkwright, inventor of the spinning machine]

Japanese print shows an angry Arkwright sending his wife to her parents because she deliberately broke his spinning wheel. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 42; 47623a (white label); LC2585; 164. Ea... More

New quick drying defense huts demonstrated to government officials. Washington, D.C., Aug. 25. By means of a new invention known as the vacuum concrete process, a pill box fort was erected on the grounds of the National Bureau of Standards today in the record time of four hours. The purpose of the demonstration was to show a new and more efficient method of construction for defense purposes under emergencies. K.P. billner (right) inventor of the process, is pictured explaining it to Dr. Lyman Briggs, ([...])Director of the Bureau of Standards, and [..] Monroe Johnson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce

New quick drying defense huts demonstrated to government officials. Wa...

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Springfield, Massachusetts. John C. Garand, inventor of the Garand rifle, pointing out some of the features of the rifle to Major General Charles M. Wesson during the general's visit to the Springfield arsenal. At right is Brigadier General Gilbert H. Stewart, commanding officer of the arsenal

Springfield, Massachusetts. John C. Garand, inventor of the Garand rif...

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Editors Honor Memory of Deceased Inventor [Dayton Daily News, 3 June 1912]

Editors Honor Memory of Deceased Inventor [Dayton Daily News, 3 June 1...

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To the public. The undersigned, inventor of the marble slab coffins, having taken the initiatory steps to secure his rights by letters patent of the United States is now prepared to dispose of rights either by license to build or for territory.

To the public. The undersigned, inventor of the marble slab coffins, h...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 201, Folder 7.

Three way vehicle boom. This is what is left of a tri-phibian, a device intended to fly in the air, run on the highway, or through the water. The inventor, ... Viachos of Washington, was in it when it blew up. Now he is in the hospital. A.M. Crumpler, shown here with Mrs. Viachos, helped pull the inventor from the wreckage. It did not get into the air. 102535

Three way vehicle boom. This is what is left of a tri-phibian, a devic...

A woman standing next to a car with a bike on it, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. On sleeve: Harris & Ewing photos. Gift; Harr... More

Mr. Wurtele, inventor of sugarcane harvester, attempting to repair the machine, Mix, Louisiana

Mr. Wurtele, inventor of sugarcane harvester, attempting to repair the...

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Television inventor tells Economic Committee of difficulties in getting patents. Washington, D.C., Jan. 19. Philo T. Farnsworth, who conceived the principle of television when 14 years old came before the Temporary National Economic Committee today and told them that his firm, Farnsworth Television, Inc., has taken out 46 patents, has twice as many pending, and that more than 20 patent suits have resulted in which his firm was cleared in each case. Farnsworth is Vice President in charge of research in the Philadelphia firm. He is shown here with George Everson [?], Secretary of the company on his right, and Richard C. Patterson, Jr., Assistant Secretary of Commerce, 1/19/39

Television inventor tells Economic Committee of difficulties in gettin...

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Monument to Capewell, the inventor of the famous horseshoe nail, in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Hartford, Connecticut

Monument to Capewell, the inventor of the famous horseshoe nail, in Ce...

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To save time in checking threads on a twenty-millimeter shell booster, a plant superintendant built this machine. It makes possible a speedy checking of thread accuracy in contract to the old hand method. The inventor made the machine out of fan base and a couple pieces of machine steel in a matter of hours. Months would have been necessary to buy such a machine of that kind on the market

To save time in checking threads on a twenty-millimeter shell booster,...

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Announcement. To give those interested in physical culture an opportunity to test the benefits and social advantages of the exercise derived from the use of the Plimpton Skate the inventor has hired and fitted the rooms at No. 652 Washington Str

Announcement. To give those interested in physical culture an opportun...

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Samuel Crompton, inventor of the spinning mule

Samuel Crompton, inventor of the spinning mule

Print shows statue of Samuel Crompton in Nelson Square, Bolton England. The statue, by W. Calder Marshall, was raised by public subscription.

Sun refuses to be harnessed, Washington, D.C., September 8. The scheduled exhibition of Dr. Charles G. Abbott's sun ray machine was ruined today because there was too much sun. The intense heat, after being concentrated melted the solder connections. Dr. Abbott, the inventor, then went ahead to explain his device which is said to be capable of operating a half-horsepower steam engine by the sun's heat. The exhibition was held in honor of some of the delegates to the Third World Power Conference which is now being held here

Sun refuses to be harnessed, Washington, D.C., September 8. The schedu...

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In big gun deal. Maj. General George E. Leach, in plane, of the National Guard Bureau, flys to Indianapolis, Ind., where he will witness a demonstration on the speedway which will prove speed of a new type gun carriage being adopted by the Army. General Leach is bidding goodbye to A.F. Buquor of York, Pennsylvania, inventor of the new type adapter and carriage for the 75mm [field?] The Army is showing more concern in the speed at which its guns may be drawn since the announcement in Germany that Hitler's new army is geared to travel 80 miles per hour, 5/29/35

In big gun deal. Maj. General George E. Leach, in plane, of the Nation...

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Boxes placed in Smithsonian in 1881 by telephone inventor opened for first time. Washington, D.C., Oct. Three boxes which Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, and two associates placed in the secret archives of the Smithsonian Institution in 1881 and which have remained un?opened since, were formally opened today in the presence of Bell's two daughters and a group of scientists. The boxes contained among other things the original working model of the first machine ever to record on wax and reproduce the Human voice. In the photograph, left to right: Mrs. David Fairchild, daughter of the inventor; Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, another daughter; Alexander Graham Bell, great-grandson of Bell; T.H. Beard, Director or Research of the Dictaphone Co.; Dr. Charles Abbot, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; and H.W. Dorsey, also of the Smithsonian. 102737

Boxes placed in Smithsonian in 1881 by telephone inventor opened for f...

A group of people standing around a table, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. Gener... More

Unknown. “J.E.M.” to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, December 11, 1860 (Advice from fellow inventor)

Unknown. “J.E.M.” to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, December 11, 1860 (Ad...