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May 7, 2024 · Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of William Deering (270078979)? We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. Learn more about merges .
May 9, 2024 · Cyrus McCormick, American industrialist and inventor who is generally credited with the development of the mechanical reaper. His invention embodied the principles essential to all subsequent grain-cutting machines and was useful in reducing the labor costs associated with grain harvesting.
- Mitchell Wilson
May 24, 2024 · In the early 1870s, William Deering brought his business acumen to the harvester company, leading the company to further success with the addition of an automatic binding attachment for the harvesters. By 1879, he had become sole owner of the business, now known as Deering Manufacturing Company.
May 19, 2024 · The research unit of the company, originally known as Deering Milliken Research Trust, was initially located in a small house in Clemson, S.C. A few years later, it was relocated to the manufacturing plant in Pendleton, S.C., just a few miles from Clemson. Milliken Research relocated to Spartanburg in the late 1950s.
May 3, 2024 · The Kentucky Derby debuted in 1875, the horse race a vision of Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr., grandson of American explorer William Clark in hopes of reviving commonwealth's economy.
- Kerry Byrne
May 18, 2024 · William Sturgeon was an English electrical engineer who devised the first electromagnet capable of supporting more than its own weight. This device led to the invention of the telegraph, the electric motor, and numerous other devices basic to modern technology.
May 20, 2024 · William Gilbert, pioneer researcher into magnetism who became the most distinguished man of science in England during the reign of Elizabeth I. As the first to use the terms electric attraction, electric force, and magnetic pole, he is often considered the father of electrical studies.
