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There was a thread with people discussing things invented in Buffalo, and I didn't realize a few of them. I was wondering, if you know of something invented in Buffalo, could you list it in this thread... It could be interesting.
If you have the date and inventor that would be better. Just to be clear, I am looking for things invented here. Not people who were born here, moved elsewhere then invented something.
So far we have Jello, windshield wipers, and air conditioners.
There was a thread with people discussing things invented in Buffalo, and I didn't realize a few of them. I was wondering, if you know of something invented in Buffalo, could you list it in this thread... It could be interesting.
If you have the date and inventor that would be better. Just to be clear, I am looking for things invented here. Not people who were born here, moved elsewhere then invented something.
So far we have Jello, windshield wipers, and air conditioners.
You posted the ones I knew about. You can't forget the chicken wing also! I want to say Tesla did some inventions in Niagara Falls, trying to find out if he just did testing there.
The windshield wiper story is interesting, Ford tried to screw the guy over.
You posted the ones I knew about. You can't forget the chicken wing also! I want to say Tesla did some inventions in Niagara Falls, trying to find out if he just did testing there.
The windshield wiper story is interesting, Ford tried to screw the guy over.
There are so many inventors, inventions and firsts that took place in NY, it's not even funny. For instance, here are some from my area: City of Syracuse (http://www.syracuse.ny.us/syracuseFirsts.asp - broken link)
There are so many inventors, inventions and firsts that took place in NY, it's not even funny. For instance, here are some from my area: City of Syracuse (http://www.syracuse.ny.us/syracuseFirsts.asp - broken link)
There was a thread with people discussing things invented in Buffalo, and I didn't realize a few of them. I was wondering, if you know of something invented in Buffalo, could you list it in this thread... It could be interesting.
If you have the date and inventor that would be better. Just to be clear, I am looking for things invented here. Not people who were born here, moved elsewhere then invented something.
So far we have Jello, windshield wipers, and air conditioners.
Good thread! I was actually thinking about posting a thread very similar to this soon, considering the growing talk about WNY's inventions on another recent thread.
The Trico Plant (still standing near the medical campus, but shuttered) was where they first made millions of windshield wipers. I believe some guy named Trico (could be last name) invented a way to rid rain and snow off of the glass panes on automobiles. Living in Buffalo, this was all too needed during the winter months, and soon the windshield wiper was born.
It's funny that of all cities, Buffalo invented air conditioning! We had the first air conditioned office buildings in the world, along with many other types of AC.
You know why we are the "City of Light?" We invented street lights and were the first city to have used them. Buffalo was also the first city to have widespread electricity - streaming from Niagara Falls. From there we invented many other ways of using lights, such as the "Search Light," seen on the Electric Tower during the Pan-American Exposition.
Not to mention the invention of the Pacemaker. What a contribution! Greatbatch, living in Clarence nearly all his life, invented this unique contraption that saves thousands of lives every year. Greatbatch Inc. is headquarted in the suburb of Clarence, NY, and because of this, has put the region on the map. Today, there are over 3,300 employees under Greatbatch Inc..
There are dozens if not hundreds more inventions created right here in our own Queen City, WNY, and NY state. We truly have a history!
Not to mention the invention of the Pacemaker. What a contribution! Greatbatch, living in Clarence nearly all his life, invented this unique contraption that saves thousands of lives every year. Greatbatch Inc. is headquarted in the suburb of Clarence, NY, and because of this, has put the region on the map. Today, there are over 3,300 employees under Greatbatch Inc..
Be careful with Greatbatch, he did not invent the pacemaker, he made it better through size his battery technology which they still pioneer today. The difference being is that before he made an implantable pacemaker. Before, shocks were delivered by external devices hooked up to the body. He developed an implantable pacemaker, but he did not invent it.
My company deals with them all over the country and they are growing. Their products are very high in quality, but with pharmaceutical you need to be.
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The Trico Plant (still standing near the medical campus, but shuttered) was where they first made millions of windshield wipers. I believe some guy named Trico (could be last name) invented a way to rid rain and snow off of the glass panes on automobiles. Living in Buffalo, this was all too needed during the winter months, and soon the windshield wiper was born.
Actually, John R. Oishei was the founder of Trico. The Oishei family name is still prominent in Buffalo today through his charitable foundation. Oishei didn't invent anything, but he successfully commercialized the "rain rubber" invented by a man named Jepson. Oishei's biggest early success factor was that he convinced the auto manufacturers to install wipers as standard equipment.
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Originally Posted by Buffalonian4life
You know why we are the "City of Light?" We invented street lights and were the first city to have used them.
Oops again. Cleveland was the first city to use electric streetlights, which were invented by Charles Brush, an engineer living in Ohio.
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Originally Posted by Buffalonian4life
It's funny that of all cities, Buffalo invented air conditioning! We had the first air conditioned office buildings in the world, along with many other types of AC.
Willis Carrier didn't really "invent" air conditioning, but he created the first commercially practical application in response to the needs of a printing plant in Brooklyn while he was an engineer at Buffalo Forge. Therefore the first air conditioned building was actually in Brooklyn. When he couldn't convince Buffalo Forge to go into the air conditioning business, he quit and founded the Carrier Corporation.... in Syracuse
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