Possibly set up as a program by Rochester Dental Society, eventually getting funding by George Eastman, Eastman Kodak Company, then the name changed to Eastman Dental Dispensary. Continue reading
Tag: New York
Eppo Numan, Transatlantic flight
Eppo Numan piloted a transatlantic flight on an ultralight airplane. Continue reading
1 billion bits of data per square inch
In April 1996 an American computer company IBM (International Business Machines) of Armonk, NY, USA, introduced a disk drive that could hold / store 1 billion bits of data per square. Continue reading
Adoption of Global Treaty on Sea Fishing Regulation
United Nations Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks adopted a global treaty to regulate fishing Continue reading
Roller Coaster Opens at Coney Island
Lemarcus Adna Thompson, a former Sunday school teacher invented the roller coaster Continue reading
IBM Operating System The OS/360
International Business Machines (IBM) of Armonk, NY, USA introduced the OS/360 operating system in 1964, Continue reading
Invention of Vending Machines
John Glas Sandeman and Percival Everitt of London, England invented vending machines and obtained a U.S. patent on July 28, 1885. Continue reading
Theater Movie Exhibition at Koster & Bial’s Music Hall
Koster and Bial's Music Hall located at 34th Street, New York, NY, USA, held a movie exhibition on April 23, 1896 to a paying audience. Continue reading
Goodyear Makes Vulcanized Rubber
Charles Goodyear, an American chemist and inventor of New York, NY, USA produced vulcanized rubber. Continue reading
Invention of photographic Halftone Printing Plate
Frederic Eugene Ives, a photographer at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA created halftone printing plate for reproducing photographs Continue reading