Monday, January 23, 2017

Door Knob


Osbourn Dorsey
Image result for vaughn tales from the borderlandsImage result for door knobsIt wasn't until 1878 that inventor Osbourn Dorsey filed a patent for the doorknob mechanism we know and love, and along with it the first internal door-latching mechanism.

Image result for tales from the borderlands vaughnHarvey Hubbell II (1857 – December 17, 1927), was an American inventor, entrepreneur and industrialist. His best-known inventions are the U.S. electrical plug and the pull-chain light socket.

The art of Lithography was invented by Czech named Alois Senefelder in 1798 in Austria. By 1848, the process had been refined to the point that it was possible to print 10,000 sheers per hour, however, Jules Cheret was the first person to produce posters in mass through lithography.

2 comments:

Eric P. said...

I knew the Senefelder one...

Andrea said...

I am interested in who invented random things