Okla-homey
8/17/2006, 05:54 AM
(apologies to Bud Lite)
August 17, 1915: Inventor of automobile self-starter is born
Charles F. Kettering of Detroit, patented the electric automobile self-starter on this day. Kettering, along with Edward A. Deeds, founded Delco (Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company).
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/8339/yytbcharlesketteringlgsz7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Charles Kettering
Kettering and his company invented countless improvements for the automobile, including lighting and ignition systems, lacquer finishes, anti-"vapor lock" fuels, and leaded gasoline.
The Cadillac was the first car to use the electric starter, and Delco would later become a subsidiary of General Motors. Incidentally, before he started working on cars, Kettering also invented the first electric cash register which helped make National Cash Register (NCR) the industry leader.
August 17, 1890 Inventor of cruise control is born
Ralph R. Teetor, inventor of the cruise control, was born in Hagerstown, Indiana, on this day in 1890. A mechanical engineer with a degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Teetor began working at the Light Inspection Car Company.
http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/8113/yyteetorfl0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Ralph Teetor
This family business eventually evolved into the Perfect Circle Company, of which Teetor became president. Teetor had a knack for invention and continued to work on new ideas after his retirement. His accomplishments are even more remarkable because he was blinded at the age of six, but never let his handicap keep him from his dream of becoming an inventor.
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/9620/yyinmazda6180045hq7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
August 17, 1909 McNally, of Rand McNally, is born
Andrew McNally III, an executive with Rand McNally & Co., was born in Chicago on this day. Rand McNally & Co. is the oldest map publisher in the country.
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/3599/yyandrewmcnallydj3.gif (http://imageshack.us)
Andrew McNally III
Aside from atlases, reference guides, and textbooks, Rand McNally also published the first road guide for the automobile. At the turn of the century, many roads were unmarked and hard to follow, but the road map and highway system changed all that.
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/4236/yy052895793701sd7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/7977/insane7zogw8.jpg
August 17, 1915: Inventor of automobile self-starter is born
Charles F. Kettering of Detroit, patented the electric automobile self-starter on this day. Kettering, along with Edward A. Deeds, founded Delco (Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company).
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/8339/yytbcharlesketteringlgsz7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Charles Kettering
Kettering and his company invented countless improvements for the automobile, including lighting and ignition systems, lacquer finishes, anti-"vapor lock" fuels, and leaded gasoline.
The Cadillac was the first car to use the electric starter, and Delco would later become a subsidiary of General Motors. Incidentally, before he started working on cars, Kettering also invented the first electric cash register which helped make National Cash Register (NCR) the industry leader.
August 17, 1890 Inventor of cruise control is born
Ralph R. Teetor, inventor of the cruise control, was born in Hagerstown, Indiana, on this day in 1890. A mechanical engineer with a degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Teetor began working at the Light Inspection Car Company.
http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/8113/yyteetorfl0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Ralph Teetor
This family business eventually evolved into the Perfect Circle Company, of which Teetor became president. Teetor had a knack for invention and continued to work on new ideas after his retirement. His accomplishments are even more remarkable because he was blinded at the age of six, but never let his handicap keep him from his dream of becoming an inventor.
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/9620/yyinmazda6180045hq7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
August 17, 1909 McNally, of Rand McNally, is born
Andrew McNally III, an executive with Rand McNally & Co., was born in Chicago on this day. Rand McNally & Co. is the oldest map publisher in the country.
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/3599/yyandrewmcnallydj3.gif (http://imageshack.us)
Andrew McNally III
Aside from atlases, reference guides, and textbooks, Rand McNally also published the first road guide for the automobile. At the turn of the century, many roads were unmarked and hard to follow, but the road map and highway system changed all that.
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/4236/yy052895793701sd7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/7977/insane7zogw8.jpg