All posts tagged "inventions"
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10.4K6MassachusettsRobert Goddard, Rocket Scientist, Annoys the Neighbors, Celebrates an Anniversary
As a teenager, Worcester’s Robert Goddard climbed a cherry tree on his family farm on Oct. 19, 1899 and dreamed of building...
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33.4K30Arts and LeisureTeddy Roosevelt Humiliates Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss lived much of his life in California and New York, but never really left Springfield, Mass., where he was born...
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7.0K9MassachusettsTwo Famous Phrases, One Shipyard
The Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Mass., has a connection to two famous phrases. “Mr. Watson, Come here, I want to see...
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13.4K2Business and LaborHow the Polaroid Camera Was Born at a Connecticut Boys Camp
The Polaroid Corporation, which once employed 21,000 people, got started in a Lebanon, Conn., boys camp in 1922. It happened when a...
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