Tag: Walter Hunt

The RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton for her maiden and final voyage on this day in 1912. Did you know that: • Walter Hunt patented the first safety pin on this day in 1849• Scribner’s Sons published “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald on this day in 1925• Thiokol synthetic rubber was first […]

Wilhelm Schneider patented the Carousel in Davenport, Iowa, on this day in 1871. Did you know that: • Sebastián de Belalcázar on his search of El Dorado found the City of Santiago de Cali on this day in 1536• English engineer George Stephenson introduced his first steam locomotive, a travelling engine designed for hauling coal […]