Cream- Filled Cornets

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1 Cream- Filled Cornets

2 Cream-Filled Cornets The cream-filled cornet was invented at the 1904 for the World's Fair and soon was offered at the great expositions Soon a patent was written and the creamfilled cornets soon became known as waffle cones. This wonderful treat would eventually become one on the world leading deserts and was given the official name the ice cream cone.

3 Fairy Floss

4 Fairy Floss It was invented in 1897 by William Morrison and John C. Wharton, candy makers from Nashville, Tennessee. They invented a device that heated sugar in a spinning bowl that had tiny holes in it. It formed a treat that they originally called Fairy Floss. As the bowl spun around, the caramelized sugar was forced through the tiny holes, making feathery candy that melts in the mouth. The term "cotton candy" began to be used for this treat during expositions.

5 Carpet Sweeper

6 Carpet Sweeper Originally developed to preserve Melville s health by sweeping away the dust, the Bissell's soon recognized the sweeper s market potential. While production was underway, Mr. Bissell was on the road selling his new invention and demonstrating the carpet sweeper at expositions. To demonstrate, he threw a handful of dirt onto a carpet while his prospective customer watched the dirt disappear into the clanging contraption. This handy invention would soon be rename the Whirlwind. Today we know it as a vacuum cleaner.

7 Gillette Razors

8 Gillette Razors In 1895, King C. Gillette suddenly had a brilliant idea while shaving one morning. It was an entirely new razor and blade that flashed in his mind a razor with a safe, inexpensive, and disposable blade. technical experts told Gillette that it would be impossible to produce steel that was hard, thin, and inexpensive enough for commercial development of the disposable razor blade However, Mr. Gillette found an investor who began to fund his project. It was shown at expositions through out the United States.

9 Centrifugal Refrigeration Machine

10 Centrifugal Refrigeration Machine In 1921, Willis Haviland Carrier patented the centrifugal refrigeration machine. The centrifugal chiller was the first practical method of air Carrier designed a compressor and the result was a safer and more efficient chiller. In 1928, Willis Carrier developed the first residential Weathermaker which was the first air conditioner for private home use.

11 Incorruptible Cashier

12 Incorruptible Cashier James Ritty was an American tavern keeper who nicknamed his invention the "Incorruptible Cashier," Ritty designed a new invention that allowed business owners to no longer add up sales by hand. When a transaction was completed, a bell rang the amount of a purchase was noted on a large dial on the front of the machine. This invention would later become know as the cash register.

13 Coca-Cola

14 COCA-COLA In 1886, John Pemberton invented an alcoholic beverage in Atlanta, Georgia. He had invented many syrups, medicines, and elixirs before, including a very popular drink called French Wine of Coca, which contained French wine, cocaine, and caffeine. When Atlanta banned alcohol consumption in 1885, Pemberton had to change the formula of his French Wine. He added sugar, citric acid, cocaine and essential oils of many fruits to the drink. It quickly became a very popular soda fountain drink.

15 Clasp-Locker

16 Clasp-Locker Whitcomb L. Judson was an American engineer from Chicago, Illinois He invented a metal device with locking teeth in He patented his "clasplocker'' in 1893 and he exhibited this new invention at expeditions all over the United States. He never succeeded in marketing his new device. The invention was re-named by the B.F. Goodrich company in 1923 and is now know as the zipper.

17 Water Closet

18 Water Closet Thomas Crapper s invention revolutionized the industry. This great invention allowed the everyday household to dispose of waste by using water to flush it through a drainpipe to another location. People were required to pull a cord in order to make the invention work. Unfortunately the inventor became a humorous joke and this invention would be sometimes be called the crapper.