| A listing of
famous and not-so-famous historical innovations that
occurred in
Science and Technology during this month. |
February |
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1914-George Nissen inventor of the
trampoline born in Blairstown, Iowa |
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1863-Samuel Clemens becomes Mark Twain for
1st time |
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1468-Johannes Gutenberg inventor of
the printing press died in Mainz, Germany |
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1946-Joel Engel, co-inventor of the
mobile
phone, born in New York City, New York |
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1840-John
Dunlop inventor of the pneumatic tire born in Dreghorn, North Ayrshire, Scotland
1943-Nolan Bushnell
inventor of the Pong Video Game born in Ogden, Utah |
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1935-Monopoly board
game goes on sale for 1st time |
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1904-John Deere,
pioneer manufacturer of agricultural implements |
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1906-Chester F.
Carlson inventor of the Xerox copier machine born in Seattle,
Washington |
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1895-Volleyball invented by W. G. Morgan in
Massachusetts |
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1948- Patent # 2,435,720 issued to
Edwin Land for the
Polaroid camera |
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1847-Thomas Alva Edison the most
prolific inventor of electrical devices born in Milan, Ohio
1973-National Inventor's Hall of Fame founded |
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1809-Abraham Lincoln inventor of a
Vessel Bellows born in Hardin County, Kentucky |
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1884-Alfred Carlton Gilbert inventor
of the Erector Set® toys born Salem, Oregon |
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1819-Christopher Latham Sholes inventor of
the
typewriter born in Mooresburg, Pennsylvania |
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1809-Cyrus Hall McCormick inventor of the
reaper born in Rockbridge County, Virginia |
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1932-James Markham receives the 1st fruit
tree patent , for a peach tree |
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1938-First public experimental demonstration
of Baird color TV in London |
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1745-Alessandro Volta inventor of the
electric battery born in Como, Lombardy, Italy |
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1878-Thomas Edison received patent for the
phonograph
1974-Patent # 3,793,483 issued to
Nolan Bushnell for the
Pong Video Game |
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1926-Kenneth H Olsen, U.S.,
engineer/founder, Digital Equipment Corp |
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1947-1st
instant developing camera
demonstrated in New York City, by E H Land |
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1857-Heinrich
Rudolf Hertz electrical pioneer born
in Hamburg, Germany
1916-Ernst Alexanderson was issued a patent for selective radio
tuning system |
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1993 Patent # 5,188,533 issued to
Michael Wood for LeapFrog® Phonics Learning System |
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1955-Steve Paul Jobs co-inventor of
the Apple computer born in San Francisco, California |
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1992-Patent # 5,090,976 issued to James
Dyson for the Dual cyclonic
vacuum cleaner |
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1935-RADAR-Radio Detection and Ranging 1st
demonstrated (Robert Watson-Watt) |
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1900-Patent # 644,077 issued to Felix
Hoffmann for
aspirin |
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1935-Nylon discovered by Dr. Wallace H.
Carothers |
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1860-Herman
Hollerith inventor of a punch card tabulating machine born in
Buffalo, New York
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DID YOU KNOW?
- February is the second month of the calendar year
in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the shortest month and
the only month with the length of 28 or 29 days. The month has 29
days in leap years, when the year number is divisible by four
(except for years that are divisible by 100 and not by 400 in the
Gregorian calendar). In other years the month has 28 days.
- Black History Month (United States and Canada)
- February in the Northern Hemisphere is the
seasonal equivalent to August in the Southern Hemisphere and vice
versa
- February's birthstone is amethyst
- St. Valentine's Day (February 14)
- Presidents' Day (3rd Monday of February), or
Washington's Birthday (February 22) , or Lincoln's Birthday
(February 12) .
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