Did you know Edison invented the word "Hello"?
before the word was Hullo meaning an exclamation!
The word it was derived from was a hunting call from which he thought was very clear to understand.
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In 1877, German, Ernst Siemens patented the
first loudspeaker on Dec. 14, 1877. Englishmen,
Sir Oliver Lodge received the second patent for
a loudspeaker on April 27, 1898. This was all
before music was electrified.
In 1924, two General Electric researchers,
Chester W. Rice and Edward Washburn Kellogg
patented the modern, moving coil, direct
radiator, loudspeaker, which become the
prominent design for all loudspeakers The Rice
and Kellogg loudspeakers were sold to
consumers under the name of "Radiola''
loudspeakers beginning in 1926, and were
superior to anything previously invented by
lowering sound distortion and raising audio
quality for the consumer.
In 1958, the first box-enclosed loudspeakers
were invented by the Cabesse, a French
company.
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Grenade
The word "grenade" comes from the French
word for pomegranate, early grenades looked
like pomegranates.
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Henry Ford called his first car a quadricycle.
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Kilts are not native to Scotland. They originated
in France.
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The first ballpoint pens sold in 1945 were priced
at $12.00 apiece.
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Ferdinand Porsche, who later went on to build
sports cars bearing his own name, designed the
original 1936 Volkswagen.
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James J. Ritty, owner of a tavern in Dayton,
Ohio, invented the cash register in 1879 to stop
his patrons from pilfering house profits.
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Electric Christmas tree lights were first used in
1895. The idea for using electric Christmas
lights came from an American, Ralph E. Morris.
The new lights proved safer than the traditional
candles.
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Early mattresses were filled with straw and held
up with a rope stretched across the bed frame.
If the rope was tight, sleep was comfortable.
Hence the phrase, "sleep tight."
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Early hand-held lights used carbo-zinc batteries
that did not last very long. To keep the light
burning required that the user turn it on for a
short time and then turn it off to allow the
battery to recover. That's how they originally
became known as a "flashlight."
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Canned food was invented for the British Navy
in 1813, but the first practical can opener wasn't
invented until 1870.
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Camel's-hair brushes are not made of camel's
hair. They were invented by a man named Mr.
Camel.
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When airplanes were still a novel invention, seat
belts for pilots were installed only after the
consequence of their absence was observed to
be fatal – several pilots fell to their deaths while
flying upside down.
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