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Percy L. Spencer
High-Efficiency Magnetron
Percy Spencer, while working for the Raytheon Company, discovered a more efficient way to manufacture magnetrons. This discovery led to significant…
Percy Lavon Julian
Preparation of Cortisone
Percy Lavon Julian synthesized physostigmine for treatment of glaucoma and cortisone for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. He is also noted for…
Spencer Silver
Post-it® Notes
In 1968, Spencer Silver was a senior scientist working to develop new classes of adhesives at 3M when he discovered an acrylic adhesive with unique…
Arthur L. Fry
Post-it® Notes
Art Fry and Spencer Silver co-invented Post-it® Notes, which are among the bestselling office products in the U.S.Fry was born in Owatonna, Minnesota…
Elias Howe
Sewing Machine
Elias Howe invented the first practical sewing machine. Born in Spencer, Massachusetts, he spent his childhood and early adult years in Massachusetts…
W. Lincoln Hawkins
Polymer Cable Sheath
By inventing a way to stabilize the polymers used to coat communications cable, Walter Lincoln Hawkins and his Bell Labs colleagues Vincent Lanza and…