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The History of Google - What Are You Searching For?Google was named after a googol - the name for the number 1 followed by 100 zeros - found in the book Mathematics and the Imagination by Edward Kasner and James Newman. To Google's founders the name represents the immense amount of information that a search engine has to sift through. Photo Credi... |
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History of NabiscoIn 1898, the New York Biscuit Company and the American Biscuit and Manufacturing Company merged over 100 bakeries into the National Biscuit Company, later called Nabisco. Founders Adolphus Green and William Moore, orchestrated the merger and the company quickly rose to first place in the manufact... |
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How Many Things can be Made from Potatoes?The original name for french fries was "potatoes, fried in the French manner" that is how Thomas Jefferson first described the dish. Did you that Luther Burbank was granted a patent for the Idaho Potato posthumously? Or that Mr Potato Head was patented in 1952? Photo: Rick Hall How Ma... |
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Grateful DeadWhat do the Grateful Dead, Satan, Ghosts, and Bats all have in common? Killer trademarks. And What The Samhain? Reader FAQs Grateful Dead originally appeared on About.com Inventors on Friday, October 23rd, 2009 at 02:30:28.Permalink | Comment | Email this ... |
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Ghoul MasksI enjoy reading old patent drawings. It's a fun way to learn about patents and the history of inventions. For example, the patent drawing on the left is from an invention entitled "Noise Making Mask". What you are seeing is an actual USPTO patent drawing done in what is called a perspe... |
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Halloween Business 2009Because of current economic woes, it seems we will not be spending the same bucks for Halloween gear and sweets this year. The National Retail Federation reports that "consumers are expected to spend an average of $56.31 on Halloween, down from last year's $66.54. Total spending on th... |
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