15 common things you did not know were named after someone

They are not called the audio hats because they look like bowls, you know.


When youCreate a masterful inventionYou probably hope that it will be part of a legacy that lives for many years after your departure. But how are you going to make sure that's the case? Well, you name it after yourself, of course. Unfortunately, all the efforts of all the inventors have not been memorized by their work through their work. In fact, there are many things that you probably know, but may not be known, has been named after the person who invented them. For example, did you know that saxophones were actually named after a man with SAX last name? Or mason pots were invented by a guy by the name of Mason? It's true! Read more things that you probably did not have been named after someone.

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Graham cookies

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Graham's cracker is generally considered a particular decadent or sensor snack, which is exactly what pious inventorSylvester Graham wanted to. Graham was a minister who believed that unhealthy foods were the root of sinful desires, so heinvented a counter-product In the late 1820s to help people reach salvation. I guess he would not be too happy to hear about getting left!

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Wolf hats

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It was in 1849 this nobleEdward Coke went to Lock & Co., a hats manufacturing company in London,Have a hat This was better suited to the guards who worked on his family domain, because the upper hats have often been knocked out by tree branches when they were on horseback. In response, the company isThomas and William BowlerHas come with the piece of robust and sacred hairstyle you know as a cast hat.

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Cardigans

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This cozy clothing article, popularized by the favorite neighbor's neighbor, came to us all the way from the mid-1800s during the Crimean War. At the Battle of Balaclava in 1854,James Brudenell-Who happened to be the seventh Count of Cardigan 'LED a condemned charge Where he survived only by getting loose, leaving some of the men in his command to die. On his return to Wales, Brudenell was welcomed a hero - in front of the people who learned that his retirement and that people began to take note of the knitted vest he often wore, who has often become a strong garment. request among the admirers of the count.

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jars

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These versatile glass pots may not only be familiar sites in restaurants and residences across the country in recent years, but they actually havebeen around since The late 1800s. A pioneer in the art of perfecting food preservation,John Landis MasonInvented the canning pot Indispensable in 1858. In 1884, Mason's design was allowed by Ball Corporation, which manufactures the pots still to date.

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Saxophones

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This elegant atmosphere of jazz, blues and rock 'N' Roll Music has not simply blown in thin air. It was invented and patented in 1846 by the Belgian instrument manufacturerAdolphe Sax. AsThe Metropolitan Art Museum Explains, Sax sought to fill a void created by the lack of a "rugged lower voice" in the family of wind instruments.

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Nachos

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AsThe story is toldWhile working as the master of the Victoire Club of Piedras Negras, a Mexican city near the Texas border,Ignacio Anaya could not locate the cook when a group of women wandered to look for something to eat. Not wanting to turn them off, he quickly created a dish on the spot. However, his nachos were less extreme than what you see today, simply consisting of Tortilla chips, cheese and Pepper Jalapeño. Where does the name come from? Nacho was actually nickname of Anaya, a pronunciation shortened by his name.

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Pilates

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Pilates is aFormal exercise for low impact This aims to strengthen muscles, improve posture and create flexibility. WhileWork with patients unable to walk During the World War One,Joseph PilatesDeveloped the new method of physical fitness with their limits in mind. And when he emigrated to New York, he and his Clara wife opened a gym in 1926, which contributed to Pilates to name himself as a method of popular rehabilitation exercise.

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large wheels

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The ferris Wheel is a well-loved centerpiece for all good park just, carnival or attractive. The renewal ride was invented after the challenge has been configured to create a structure for the Columbia exhibition in 1893 which will compete with the Eiffel Tower of Paris (which was erected in 1889 for the World Expo). To increase the challenge was a man namedGeorge Washington Gale Ferris Jr. AsSmithsonian The magazine noted that the new attraction provided people with access to "an aerial panorama that little has ever seen."

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Tupperware

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Prepave meals and lovers everywhere haveEarl Silas TupperTo thank these endless food containers and laptop-plastic. After working in the Plastics Division in Dupont, TupperFounded Earl S. Tupper In 1938. This is where it focused on the development of plastic consumer goods, possibly inventing a more durable and more resistant plastic type, as well as an air seal and seal. He modeled after the lid of a paint. Put these two creations together and here, Tupperware is born.

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Sandwiches

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These days, there are so many sandwich varieties that it is easy to forget that the general concept of preferred pocket food is an invention. And it's the noble EnglishJohn Mantagu, which was the fourth count of the sandwich, it's most oftencredited with its creation-It has even a popular sandwich chain calledSandwich Count. Apparently, Montagu was an eager player who systematically satisfy her hunger with nothing but a piece of roast beef between two slices of toast. Why was it his favorite meal? He had not had to stop playing cards to eat it.

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Diesel engines

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At the end of the 1800s,Rudolf Diesel statedDevelop a compressed ignition engine In a time when the steam engine was the most common source of power supply by the majority of major industries. Spending 13 years on this process, diesel finally made its debut its first Diesel Engine successful in 1897. However, the marketing of its invention came only its mysterious death in 1913.

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Braille

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In the early 1800s, after the loss of his vision of a three-year child accident,Louis BrailleAttended the royal institution for the young blind where he taught a coded communication system that used combinations of raised points created byCharles Barbier. Finding the barber method to be far too complicated, the Braille exposed to create aSimple universal reading and writing system, that he has completed at the age of 15. Two years after his death, the Braille system was adopted as the official communication system for the blind in France, with countries around the world after the prosecution.

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Jacuzzis

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In 1943, after him and his family had moved to California from their aboriginal Italy,Kenneth Jacuzzi Drop with rheumatic fever, which caused it to develop rheumatoid arthritis. Want to alleviate the pain that his son felt as a result of his condition,Jacuzzi CandidicDeveloped a hydrotherapy pump Give regular relief from the boy at home. And selling the portable pump to hospitals and schools,Roy Jacuzzi Was inspired to develop larger units that we now know as whirlpool, or, more precisely, Jacuzzis.

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Leotard

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Unless you are a ballerina or gymnast, it is unlikely that you know the story of the invention of this element of clothing resembling an elastic. It is said that it would have been created by the French circus artistJules Leotard, which is also known to invent the flying trapeze routine. Inneed a suit This gave him the maximum level of flexibility necessary to accomplish his routines, Leotard took the matter in his hands and went on a garment of a skin-tight room that always spends his last name.

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Salisbury steaks

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Like many people throughout history,James Salisbury, a doctor in the 1800s,Believed some foodswere the answer to health problems and had the ability to treat certain diseases. And it was during the civil war that Salisbury, who also believed that fruits and vegetables were the root of all health problems, trying to treat clumsy soldiers by feeding a strict diet of minced meat and minced meat. . These chopped beef cakes finally become the steak dish that usually wears the name of Mr. Salisbury.


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