tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94488312011-04-21T14:42:59.912-07:00Palantirionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09038598334958819762noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9448831.post-1102100623990053872004-12-03T11:03:00.000-08:002004-12-10T10:31:07.670-08:00Testing...more to come. <br /> <br />Don't worry, the horrible color scheme will die soon :) <br /> <br />Some are firsts, some are improvements, some are simply great achievements. If anyone who reads this can contribute, or find inaccuracies, please email me at palatirion@housevagoroth.com <br /> <br />When I have enough dates, these facts will be listed in chronological order. Note: Anything with a "?" denotes a fact that needs substancial verification. <br /> <br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Military</span> <br />-Rifled barrel? <br />-Repeating rifle, Winchester <br />-Autoloading rifle, M1 Garand <br />-Machine gun, Gattling Gun <br />-Autoloading pistol, Colt <br />-Nuclear warhead <br />-Pepper spray <br />-Tazer <br />-Stun gun? <br />-Bowie knife, the foundation of all modern knife combat techniques <br />-Tactical shotgun <br />-All-steel warship, Monitor? <br />-Turret, Merimac? <br />-Torsion suspension for tanks, although the U.S. design was first emploiyed by the Germans <br />-SOSUS sonar nets <br />-Frigate <br />-Practical submarine <br />-Modern patterned camouflage? <br />-Revolver <br />-Composite armor, military, civilian, automotive applications <br />-Laser guidance for munitions, bombs, artillery, missiles, bullets <br />-First transarctic underwater voyage <br />-First airborn S.A.R. service <br />-Dune buggy? <br /> <br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Political/Social/Economic</span></span> <br />-Constitutionally recognized freedom of speach/freedom of the press <br />-Woman's right to vote? <br />-Minority right to vote <br />-First nation to abolish slavery <br />-Amber alert, child rescue hotline <br />-911 <br />-Remote home security monitoring? <br />-Private detectives, Pinkerton? <br />-Labor union? <br />-First classless society? <br />-Reliable public mail service <br />-First international relief organization, Red Cross <br />-First country with constitutionally-guaranteed religious freedom <br />-First mutual fund? <br /> <br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Automotive</span></span> <br />-The concept of interchangeable parts, Caddilac <br />-Drag racing <br />-Super speedway/high speed oval racing <br />-Top speed racing, Daytona beach, then salt flats <br />-Electric starter motor, Caddilac <br />-The 4x4, Willy's Jeep <br />-The SUV, Chevy Suburban <br />-Automatic transmission, Oldsmobile, 1940 <br />-Padded Dash, Tucker <br />-Steering headlights, Tucker <br />-Seat belts <br />-ABS brakes <br />-Electric car, 1923? <br />-Airbags, Oldsmobile inventor <br />-Affordable car, Ford Model T <br />-Hydraulic brakes <br />-Pickup truck <br />-Monster truck <br />-Flathead engine <br />-Overhead valve engine? <br />-Rotary engine <br />-Emissions controls? <br />-Automotive muffler, female <br />-Modern tire? <br />-"Pony Car" <br />-Motorhome <br />-Motorcycle <br />-Station wagon <br />-First automotive radio, William Lear <br />-First rental car company? <br /> <br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Industrial</span></span> <br />-Modern steel, Carnegie <br />-Fiberglass? <br />-Plexiglass <br />-Lexan? <br />-Affordable ball point pen, Bic <br />-Cotton Gin <br />-Steam locomotive <br />-Glass Bottle <br />-Bottle Cap, explain significance <br />-plastic? <br />-neon lighting? <br />-Manufacturing process for magnesium? <br />-Disposable diaper <br />-Escalator? <br />-Diesel locomotive <br />-Panama Canal, after the French gave up having lost 30,000 workers to mosquitos <br />-Velcro <br />-Phonograph <br />-Kevlar <br />-Carbon Fiber? <br />-Modern Gasoline? <br />-Modern concrete? <br />-Power tools? <br />-Vacume cleaner? <br />-Chainsaw <br />-Chrome plating? <br />-Teflon <br />-Plastic? <br />-Modern refining of aluminum <br />-Recycling? <br />-Tractor <br />-International shipping, Fed Ex <br />-Rubber-soled shoes <br />-Hovercraft <br />-Outboard motor, Evinrude <br />-Skyscraper, (name) building at Times Square <br />-Planing boat hull <br />-Hydrofoil, Bell, 1919 <br />-First "everyman's" boat, Bayliner, also first time marketing a boat and packaging options like a car dealer. <br />-Dacron <br />-Nylon <br />-Subway <br />-Elevator, Otis, 1853 <br />-Dumbwaiter, Jefferson <br />-Modular ship building, Liberty Ship, WWII <br />-Modern air conditioner, Carrier <br />-Carpet <br /> <br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Electronic</span></span> <br />-RADAR, the first working system, not the concept <br />-PC, IBM <br />-Windows GUI, Apple Macintosh <br />-Video game, Oddessy? <br />-GPS <br />-Nuclear power <br />-AC current <br />-Harnessing electricity, Franklin <br />-Working light bulb <br />-Television <br />-Telephone <br />-Telegraph <br />-Digital pyrotechnic control <br />-Submarine Oceanography <br />-Sonar? <br />-Audio/Video tape <br />-CD <br />-DVD <br />-MP3 <br />-Battery? <br />-Fax machine? <br />-Photo copier? <br />-ATM <br />-LED? <br />-Microwave oven <br />-Electric stove? <br />-Internet <br />-Internet security/banking, cypher developement <br />-Laser? <br />-Radio? <br />-Solar cell <br />-Wind-driven electric generator? <br />-Water-driven electric generator? <br />-Camera? <br />-Motion camera? <br />-Loran, integrated nav system using radio frequencies and waypoints. <br />-Phonograph, Edison <br />-Morse code, Samuel Morse <br />-Radio wave production, Hertz <br /> <br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Medical</span> <br />-Contact Lens <br />-Aspirin <br />-Keratometer, measures cerebral curvature, necessary for cataract surgery and contact lens fitting <br />-Intra-Ocular lenses, used in cataract surgery <br />-Bifocals <br /> <br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Aeronautic/Space</span></span> <br />-Pioneered nuclear powered flight <br />-First to break the sound barrier <br />-First privately-marketed civilian jet, William Lear <br />-First to break Mach 2 <br />-First to break Mach 3 <br />-First to break Mach 6 <br />-First operational scramjet, November 2004 <br />-First orbiting telescope, Hubbel <br />-First, and only, to land on the moon, Apollo 11 <br />-First to send back photos from Mars' surface <br />-First reuseable spacecraft, space shuttle <br />-First privately owned/designed/funded reuseable spacecraft, Rutan <br />-First air mail route <br />-First airline, Pan Am <br />-First jet airliner? <br />-First powered flight, 1911, Wright Brothers <br />-Helicopter <br />-Civil aviation <br />-First non-stop Atlantic crossing by air <br />-First crossing of the Atlantic by air <br />-First, and only, non-stop circumnavigation of the world. <br />-First strutless wing, Cessna <br />-First around the world female pilot (pilot name?) in a Cessna 180 <br />-First civilian plane with retractable landing gear, Beech Staggerwing <br />-First "everyman's" airplane, Piper Cub <br />-Ejection seat? <br />-0/0 Ejection seat, 0 elevation, 0 airspeed <br />-First operational fire control computer, F-86 <br />-Jumbo jet, Boeing 747 <br />-Flying wing, Jack Northrop <br />-First and only operational flying wing, Northrop B2 <br />-First ballistic jet, F-104 <br />-First true stealth aircraft, F-117, mention Mosquito and SR-72 <br />-First practical mid-air refuleing rig <br />-First solar powered aircraft <br />-Aeronautic pioneers such as Burt Rutan, Beech, Curtis, Bell, Sikorsky, Douglas, Northrop, Hughs, Lockheed, Grumman, Boeing, Wright Brothers <br />-Seaplane, Curtis <br />-Largest wooden flying machine, Hughs, Spruce Goose <br /> <br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cultural</span></span> <br />-Jazz <br />-Blues <br />-Country <br />-Western <br />-Rock <br />-Metal <br />-Grunge <br />-R&B <br />-Soul <br />-Swing <br />-Skat <br />-Fusion <br />-Dixieland <br />-Rap <br />-Hip Hop <br />-Ska? <br />-Barbershop <br />-Do wap <br />-House <br />-Hot rodding <br />-Car customizing <br />-Music video <br />-Electric guitar <br />-Electric bass? <br />-Upright bass? <br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">-Tap dance? <br />-Drum set? <br /></span></span>-First animated feature, Disney, Steamboat Willy <br />-Cable Tv <br />-Satelight Tv <br />-First gentleman's magazine, Playboy (or Esquire?) <br />-"Visualization" in photography, Ansel Adams <br />-Patrick Nagel <br />-Warhol <br />-Pollack <br /> <br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Food <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">-Chimichanga <br />-Nachos <br />-Chop Suey <br />-The ice cream sunday <br />-The ice cream cone, Coney Island Pier <br />-The restaurant chain/franchise, Kentuky Fried Chicken <br />-Fast food, MacDonald's <br />-Peanut butter <br />-BBQ <br />-Martini? <br />-Cola <br />-Carbonated beverages? <br />-Hot Dog, Coney Island Pier <br />-Bourbon <br />-Hamburger, 1st sandwich by Earl of Sandwich, 1st cooked ground beef in Hamburg, 1st time putting the two together and inventing the haumburger bun: White Castle <br />-Drive-through restaurant service, MacDonalds <br />-Food truck, first mobile food (roach coach) was horse drawn <br /> <br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sports/Recreation</span> <br />-BMX bike racing <br />-Mountain bike <br />-Modern nylon/fiberglass camping tent <br />-Flashlight <br />-Basketball, in modern form <br />-Baseball <br />-Demolition derby? <br />-Monster truck racing <br />-ATC/ATV racing <br />-Roller coaster, Coney Island Pier <br />-"Professional Wrestling" <br />-Camping <br />-RVing <br />-Boxing? <br />-Roller blades? <br />-Roller skates? <br />-Football <br />-Camping trailer <br />-Model railroad, Lionel <br />-Plastic model kit? <br />-Hot Wheels <br />-Bull riding <br />-Lumberjack competition? <br /> <br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Environmentalism</span></span> <br />-Yellowstone National Park <br />-Yosemite National Park <br />-Flordia Everglades <br /></span></span>-Double-Hulled oil tankers? <br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Architecture/Monuments</span> <br />-Disneyland <br />-Mount Rushmore <br />-St. Louis Arch <br />-Golden Gate Bridge <br />-Sears Tower <br />-Empire State Building <br />-World Trade Center <br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">-Craftsman style architechture <br />-Cape Cod style? or is it derivative? <br />-Art Deco? <br />-Ranch style architecture <br />-Prefabricated home, transportable, 1800s <br />-Tract homes <br />-Hoover Dam <br />-Penthouse, penthouse living <br />-Bungalow <br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9448831-110210062399005387?l=freedomachieves.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Palantirionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09038598334958819762noreply@blogger.com