When was the first elevator built?

The first Frisbees were pie tins from the Frisbie Pie Company in Connecticut. In the 1950s, the pie tins were changed to plastic plates. The name then became the Flying Saucer, but later changed to Frisbee.

Invented in 1868.

Fuel cells were invented in 1839 by Sir William Grove.

On December 23, 1947, William Shockley, Walter Brattain and John Bardeen, of Bell Labs, announced their discovery of the point-contact germanium transistor to management.

Dr. Hans von Ohain and Sir Frank Whittle are recognized as the co-inventors of the jet engine. Each was working separately and knew nothing of the others work. Although Whittle started first, von Ohain was first to design and develop a turbojet engine to power an aircraft.

Of the many honors received by both, the most significant honor was probably "The Charles Draper Prize" in 1992 which was given to both Hans von Ohain and Sir Frank Whittle for their efforts and contributions to aviation and mankind. "The Charles Draper Prize" is recognized as the equivalent to the Nobel Prize in technology.

McQueen died in 1980 from a rare form of lung cancer.

George Gamow. Gamow, who died in 1968, was a physicist, who published "Thirty Years that Shook Physics".

Invented in 1939.

His middle name, Lionel, is the source of the Lionel Train brand name.

He was an undertaker, and legend has it, he developed the automatic switch in 1889, to stop competitors from getting his work!