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Jonathan Browning (1805-1879) gunsmith |
He was a judge in Quince, Illinois when the Mormons were being
driven from Missouri. He was curious about the new comers and set off to meet
their prophet. When news reached his home that he had joined the Mormons, he and
his family were ostracized, so they moved to Nauvoo. The guns he made in Nauvoo
feature an engraved plate on the stock reading ``Holiness to the Lord - Our
Preservation.” He died in Utah. In the 1970s, his descendants restored his home
and shop in Nauvoo.
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John Moses Browning (1855-1926) gunsmith |
The most famous firearms designer the world has ever known with the greatest firearms inventory in history. With 128 firearm patents, John M. Browning’s inventions have marked every armed conflict from World War I through Desert Storm. | Browning.htm | ||||||||
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William Clayton (1814-1879) inventor (odometer) |
He invented the odometer during the journey across the plains in his covered wagon. | |||||||||
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Almon H. Clegg electronics engineer |
He is a pioneer in the revolution of digital audio, was instrumental in development of digital recording and the digital audio disc which led to the compact disc revolution. He is a fellow member of the Audio Engineering Society; a life member of the Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) and author of many technical papers on audio and acoustics. He was chairman of the International Electro-technical Commission (IEC) responsible for setting standards in audio, video and multimedia systems for world standardization; engineering and management executive for Matsushita Electric Industries (Panasonic, Quasar, Technics, etc.); and recording engineer for Denon recordings of classical music. | Email Almon Clegg | ||||||||
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Don Carlos Edwards inventor (fry sauce) |
He mixed ketchup with mayonnaise, pickle juice and a special blend of spices to create the popular regional treat known as fry sauce. He produced it himself, bottled it by the gallon and sold it on the street and to all of his Arctic Circle franchises. | What the heck is fry sauce? | ||||||||
 Inventing the Future: A Photobiography of Thomas Alva Edison |
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Philo T. Farnsworth (1906-1971) inventor (television) |
He developed and invented electronic television. He
lived in Idaho, and the first image he transmitted was an image of his wife. Updated 14 Oct 2003
Who
invented television?
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Robert B. Ingebretsen (1949-2003) inventor (compact discs) |
In 1999, he received an Academy Award for his pioneering work in digital sound.
Ingebretsen and his mentor, Thomas Stockham, invented technology that translated analog sound into a digital format --
a discovery that eventually led to the development of compact discs. Source: Scientist Ingebretsen Dies of Heart Failure at 54 by Brandon Griggs Salt Lake Tribune, 07 Mar 2003 |
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James LeVoy Sorenson | Mr. Sorenson, whose wealth was estimated to be $4.5 billion last year by Forbes magazine, was 86 years old. He was listed as the 68th-richest American in September 2007. He was an entrepreneur, real estate magnate and inventor of numerous medical devices. Mr. Sorenson held more than 40 medical patents in his lifetime and is perhaps best known for co-developing the first real-time computerized heart monitor. He also invented the disposable paper surgical mask, the plastic venous catheter and a blood recycling system for trauma and surgical procedures, as well as many other medical innovations. Mr. Sorenson also was a poet and composer of LDS hymns, publishing some of them in a book titled, "Just Love the People, the World Is our Family." (Deseretnews.com) | |||||||||
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Lester Wire (1887-1958) inventor (traffic light) |
He invented one of the world's first electric traffic lights in
1912 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was a detective on the city police force. A
wooden box with a slanted roof, the lights were colored with red and green dye
and shone through circular openings. The box was mounted on a pole and the wires
were attached to the overhead trolley and light wires. It was manually operated.
Cleveland, Ohio, adopted a more elaborate electric signal in 1914, which became
the prototype of all modern systems. Its two colors (red and green) could be
controlled both by hand or by an automatic timer. They were supplemented by
warning buzzers. These could still easily be heard, as traffic then was not as
deafening as it is nowadays. The number of buzzes — one or two — indicated the
direction. Source: Webster's World Encyclopedia 1999
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Some things invented by Mormons, Adherents.com
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