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Show Lone Inventors Responsible For Many deas American industry spends billions bil-lions of dollars on research yet, contrary to popular belief, industry indus-try gets many of its most revolutionary revolu-tionary ideas from independent inventors. in-ventors. Here are some of them: The frozen food industry, pioneered pio-neered by Clarence Birdseye, a biologist. The Garand rifle, invented by John C. Garand while a member of the New York National Guard. Polaroid glass (anti-glare), invented in-vented by Edwin H. Land, a student. stu-dent. Television; important developments develop-ments pioneered by independent inventor Philo T. Farnsworth. Neoprene, first U.S. synthetic rubber, developed from suggestions by Father Julius Nieuwland, - a college professor. The basic radio vacuum tube, invented in-vented by struggling inventor Lee DeForest. |