#patents

Stories tagged “patents” in the Weird Science History archive — 10 stories connected by this topic.

• The Frustrated Yank That Turned a Snapping Plastic Rod Into Gore-Tex
• The Kaleidoscope Craze That Sold 200,000 in Three Months — and Barely Paid Its Inventor
• The Pigeons a Pharmacist Fitted With Tiny Cameras — and the Patent Office Said It Was Impossible
• The Rose-Colored Glasses Farmers Bought by the Million — for Their Chickens
• The Coffin That Waved a Flag If You Woke Up Buried — and Flunked Its Own Demonstration
• The Dentist Who Invented Cotton Candy — and Sold 68,655 Boxes of It
• The Grocer Who Hired Fake Shoppers to Push His Invention Around the Store
• The Canned Food That Arrived 48 Years Before the Can Opener
• The Rocket Scientist Whose Leaky Fridge Idea Became the Super Soaker
• The Movie Star Who Patented a Secret Weapon the Navy Rejected

Related topics: #invention #toys #19th century #20th century #accidental invention #animal behavior #engineering #food history