23 December 2014
Typhus vaccine
The invention:
The first effective vaccine against the virulent typhus
disease.
The person behind the invention:
Hans Zinsser (1878-1940), an American bacteriologist and
immunologist
08 December 2014
Turbojet
The invention:
A jet engine with a turbine-driven compressor that
uses its hot-gas exhaust to develop thrust.
The people behind the invention:
Henry Harley Arnold (1886-1950), a chief of staff of the U.S.
Army Air Corps
Gerry Sayer, a chief test pilot for Gloster Aircraft Limited
Hans Pabst von Ohain (1911- ), a German engineer
Sir Frank Whittle (1907-1996), an English Royal Air Force
officer and engineer
09 November 2014
Tupperware
The invention:
Trademarked food-storage products that changed
the way Americans viewed plastic products and created a model
for selling products in consumers homes.
The people behind the invention:
Earl S. Tupper (1907-1983), founder of Tupperware
Brownie Wise, the creator of the vast home sales network for
Tupperware
Morison Cousins (1934-2001), a designer hired by Tupperware
to modernize its products in the early 1990’s
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