history of invention
Monday, July 17, 2023
I feel ya' buddy ... we're all looking to beat the heat this month ...
Monday, June 26, 2023
This week marks a moment in transportation history; on June 26, 1819 ....
Monday, June 12, 2023
This clip comes from the 1948 industrial film "The Talking Hoist" ...
Monday, March 20, 2023
Lots of things can be U.F.O.s if you're just not that curious about aircraft ...
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
On March 15, 1892, the American inventor and engineer ....
Monday, January 9, 2023
Children, gather round. Grampa wants to tell you about his sphere again ...
Thursday, November 10, 2022
On this date, November 10, in 1885 the 17 year old son of the German inventor and engineer Gottlieb Daimler ...
Thursday, November 3, 2022
On this date, November 3, in 1952, the inventor, entrepreneur, and naturalist Clarence Birdseye ...
Thursday, October 27, 2022
On this date, October 27, in 1873, the farmer and inventor Joseph Farwell Glidden (1813-1906) filed a patent for an "improvement in wire-fences" ...
Monday, September 19, 2022
On this date, September 19, in 1876 ....
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
On this date, August 31, in 1836 ...
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
On this date, August 24, in 1869 ....
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Nailed it! On this date, August 2, in 1791 ...
Thursday, July 14, 2022
We're posting this 1930 catalog for bedroom furniture today on account of Sarah Elisabeth Goode ...
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Roll up the rugs! Today, we're celebrating the invention of the saxophone, patented #OTD in 1846 ...
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
On this date, May 24, in 1938 ....
Thursday, February 10, 2022
The first U.S. patent on a fire extinguishing system for buildings was granted on this date ...
Monday, January 31, 2022
In 1875, the inventors, photographers, photochemists, and brothers ...
Thursday, January 27, 2022
Today's date, January 27th, marks the anniversary of the death of the English plumber and inventor Thomas Crapper ...
Monday, January 17, 2022
Let's start the week off with this fabulous photograph of aviation pioneer Lawrence Burst Sperry...
Thursday, December 16, 2021
The first U.S. patent for an automatic liquid vending machine ...
Monday, November 29, 2021
The first U.S. patent for a traffic signal was issued on this date ...
Thursday, October 21, 2021
Talk about a bright idea ...
Monday, September 20, 2021
Oh my stars! On this date in 1859 .....
Friday, August 27, 2021
On this date in 1878 ....
Thursday, August 12, 2021
On this date, August 12, in 1851 ....
Thursday, May 20, 2021
On this date in 1873, Levi Strauss (1829-1902) and Jacob W. Davis (1831–1908) made fashion history ...
Thursday, April 29, 2021
Here at Hagley, we love inventions, big and small ...
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Today's #TechTuesday brings us a Pallo-Photo-Phone, a device...
Thursday, February 18, 2021
National Battery Day was established around the year 2000 on the...
Thursday, February 11, 2021