Wednesday, December 11, 2013

DID YOU KNOW THAT?

December 11, 1945 - Henrietta Bradberry of Chicago, Illinois received patent number 2,390,688 for a waterproof pneumatically operated way to fire torpedoes under water from either undersea installations or submarines. She had previously received patent number 2,320,027 on May 25, 1943 for the invention of a bed rack which attached to a bed and provided space to hang shirts, trousers, and other clothing that had been worn in order that they could be freshened by the air. Bradberry was born in Franklin, Kentucky but grew up in Chicago, Illinois. Not much else is known of her life except that she was a housewife who did not profit from her inventions and died May 17, 1979.




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