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Thanks, Ladies! Inventions by Women

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Inventions by Women

(This was sent to me by a friend.  I don’t know who the original compiler was and can’t locate them on Google. Please let me know if you do and I will credit them.)

1. The Car Heaterhttp://3.bp.blogspot.com/-q-2NrkkiWR0/VmGQwXUFazI/AAAAAAACfPw/W04Zh5sQLhY/s1600/1.pngWe all owe our thanks to Margaret A Wilcox who invented the car heater in 1893! (Margaret also invented a combined clothes and dishwasher)

 

2.  Monopoly This popular board game was designed by Elizabeth Magie in 1904, originally called the Landlord’s Game. The purpose of this game was to expose the injustices of unchecked capitalism. Her game was ripped off by Charles Darrow who sold it to Parker Brother’s 30 years later.  However Parker Brothers later paid Elizabeth $500 for her game. Gee Thanks!

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3. The Fire Escape http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-91hmz5K9cIA/VmGRUv-cTmI/AAAAAAACfQ4/LEM0slvJbQw/s1600/3.png
The fire escape was invented by Anna Connelly in 1887
4. The Life Raft http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qthcmDHrO-4/VmGRWKlMbTI/AAAAAAACfRE/P55-S6jMr8Y/s1600/4.png
The life saving Life Raft was invented by Maria Beasely in 1882. (Maria also invented a machine that makes barrels)
5. Residential Solar Heating http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eK2sENL4Yx0/VmGRVfUtrII/AAAAAAACfRA/ZnIYBHRDAEM/s1600/5.png
Solar heating for residential housing was invented by Dr Maria Telkes in 1947. Dr. Telkes was a Psychiatrist in addition to being a Solar-Power Pioneer
6.  The Medical Syringe http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-48EAaU1BevM/VmGRactsvEI/AAAAAAACfRQ/8HHeThKoNPI/s1600/6.png
The medical syringe which could be operated with only one hand was invented by a woman by the name of Letitia Geer in 1899
7. The Modern Electric Refrigerator http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iF13AzX5kzw/VmGRe045CsI/AAAAAAACfRY/Opjyi3tya2M/s1600/7.png
The electric refrigerator was invented by Florence Parpart in 1914 (Florence also invented an improved street cleaning machine in addition to the refrigerator)
8. The Ice Cream Maker http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hkufQsePYtU/VmGRfBgki2I/AAAAAAACfRc/YILBQhN5hkc/s1600/8.png
The ice cream maker was invented by a woman named Nancy Johnson in 1843. Her patented design is still used today!
9. The Computer Algorithm http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ik2Q1BgF_Mo/VmGRhBPxY1I/AAAAAAACfRo/uEAbPUVRW1o/s1600/9.png
Ada Lovelace is essentially the first computer programmer due to her work with Charles Babbage at the University of London in 1842. In fact her notes was an essential key to helping Alan Turing’s work on the first modern computers in the 1940s.
10. Telecommunications Technology http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NASUsGYcvZ0/VmGQnmHYpHI/AAAAAAACfPc/PoNK6xfiStc/s1600/10.png
Some of the Telecommunication Technology developed by Dr Shirley Jackson include portable fax, touch tone telephone, solar cells, fibre optic cables, and the technology behind caller ID and call waiting.
11. The Dishwasher http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ohrsue6EDWY/VmGQuKbJQ5I/AAAAAAACfPo/RFD02tgIctA/s1600/11.png
The Dishwasher was invented by Josephine Cochrane in 1887. Before her time, she even marketed her machine to hotel owners and even opened her own factory without the help of a man!
12. Wireless Transmission Technology http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xLUO1-lmfoI/VmGQz7Ca9FI/AAAAAAACfP4/0JwkG7sO33E/s1600/12.png
Hedy Lamarr, a world famous film star, invented a secret communications system during World War II for radio-controlling torpedoes. This Technology also paved the way  for everything from Wi-Fi to GPS
13. Closed-Circuit Television Security (CCTV) http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jiTKKQQIXzw/VmGQ-ujR8xI/AAAAAAACfQA/iAHyhOoUDzs/s1600/13.png
Marie Van Brittan Brown invented CCTV because of the slow response of police officers in 1969 to help people ensure their own security. This invention influenced modern CCTV systems used for home security and police work today.
14. The Modern Paper Bag http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-60pY2TBXQDI/VmGQ_bisNvI/AAAAAAACfQE/pRmlrx_KQ4c/s1600/14.png
Margaret Knight invented a machine that makes square bottomed paper bags in 1871. She almost didn’t get credit when Charles Anan tried to steal her work claiming that it wasn’t possible for a woman to create this brilliant invention.  (Margaret also invented a safety device for cotton mills when she was 12… that invention is still being used today)
15.  Central Heating http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-G027BarXAUM/VmGQ_kEa3-I/AAAAAAACfQI/WshwpR19LT8/s1600/15.png
Although Alice Parker’s invention in 1919 of a gas powered central heater was never manufactured. Her idea was the first that allowed for using natural gas to heat a home, inspiring the central heating systems used today
16.  Kevlar http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G3WoOwbz76E/VmGRDhWnR-I/AAAAAAACfQY/AQC0lG2s4a8/s1600/16.png
This life-saving material that is 5 times stronger than steel and used to make bulletproof vests was invented in 1965 by Stephanie Kwolek
17. Computer Software http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-D-wPykaKTn8/VmGRK_N0BoI/AAAAAAACfQw/qNsG9Rcrxzk/s1600/17.png
Dr Grace Murray Hopper was a computer scientist who invented COBOL which is the first user-friendly business computer software system in the 1940’s.  She was also a rear admiral in the U.S. navy and the first person to use the term “bug” in reference to a glitch in a computer system when she literally found a bug (moth) causing problems with her computer.

Two Circles

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Two Circles

Two big problems were solved for me today with the construction of two circles.  First of all, the lovely installation created by Leonardo in my garage was removed today and reconstructed in a better spot so the garage is free again to park my car and load it up with supplies for my two month stay at the beach.  Eduardo, an artist friend who is also Leonardo’s father, is here for the next 6 weeks to build flower boxes around my flower plots in the garden, to build a brick sidewalk leading down to the pump for my irrigation system and to repair salitre damage and paint my house.  We have negotiated the terms and most of this work will go on while I am gone.  Here, then, is my first new circle.  It is just to hold the sand for construction, but I’m fond of it already.  perhaps a little pond here later?  No, probably not.

IMG_1163 (1)I love how he incorporated the flower pot into the design! Actually, a semicircle now, but we will imagine the other half of it, for purposes of maintaining my theme!

So, with one problem solved, I set about trying to figure out how to keep Frida from licking her “hot spot” wound.  The neck cone definitely didn’t work.  She was a crazy woman for the one night after I put it on her and that made me a crazy woman.  Also,  although she’s taking a course of antibiotics, they will do no good if she keeps licking the wound and reinfecting it and also it does no good to put Neosporin or other medicine on it because she licks it off. So, what to do?

A friend suggested colloidal silver for the wound.  She had tried this before and it had worked, so yes, I went to town and bought a big bottle of colloidal silver and put it in a spray bottle.  Another blogging friend suggested I tie a rolled up towel around Frida’s neck to keep her from bothering the wound on her hip.  I couldn’t think of how to keep this on her until I had a flash of inspiration.  When my nephew Craig and Jessica visited, they purchased an upscale neck pillow to aid with sleep on the plane.  When they left, they asked if they could leave it as they hadn’t used it and it was cumbersome to carry around.  Voilà!  I was even able to locate it–wonder of wonders.  I took off Frida’s collar, sewed the pillow to it with a huge needle and six strands of waxed linen and fastened it around Frida’s neck.  She didn’t even flinch.  Here she models my new invention which I should patent if it works!  Brilliant!!! (If it works.)

IMG_1170 (1)We will see how Frida’s new “necklace” looks after being outside for a day.

So that, my friends is how I resolved my two biggest problems and how circles came to save the day!!