The Character of Our Country; Copper-riveted jeans, the first oil rig, running shoes, dry cleaning and the 23-story-high clipper ship--as American as apple pie

"Apparel" includes entries on copper-riveted jeans, the first bra, running shoes and dry cleaning--a process that owed its origins to the production of poison gas during World War I. "Powering" examines, among other creations, the first oil rig and the original solar cell. Elisha...

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Published in:The Wall Street journal. Eastern edition 2016-10-04
Main Author: Cooke, Patrick
Format: Newspaper Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Athletic shoes
Corporate profiles
Innovations
Inventors
Paul, Les
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Summary:"Apparel" includes entries on copper-riveted jeans, the first bra, running shoes and dry cleaning--a process that owed its origins to the production of poison gas during World War I. "Powering" examines, among other creations, the first oil rig and the original solar cell. Elisha Graves Otis, of Otis elevator fame, was a high-school dropout who, according to his son, Charles, "needed no assistance, asked no advice, consulted with no one, and never made much use of pen or pencil."
ISSN:2574-9579