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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...market a barometer with an electrical contact point that sets off an alarm buzzer when atmospheric pressure dips to a dangerous level. Battery-powered signal is small enough to fit in the glove compartment of a car, will give 20 minutes' notice of tornado-producing conditions, says the inventor. Price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Jul. 29, 1957 | 7/29/1957 | See Source »

Edwin H. Land, inventor of the Land camera and chairman of the Polaroid Corporation -. Sc.D...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Kudos, Jun. 24, 1957 | 6/24/1957 | See Source »

...Doctor of Science went to Edwin H. Land '30, inventor of the Land camera, Jan H. Oort, Director of the Observatory of Leiden, and Robert B. Woodward, Morris Loeb Professor of Chemistry, known for synthesizing quinine and other substances...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Goheen, Hammarskjold, Herter Get Degrees As Part of Annual Commencement Ceremonies | 6/13/1957 | See Source »

...sales. To recoup, Murphy concentrated on selling "efficiency" kitchens for small apartments. Last year his Murphy Door Bed Co. sold only 10,000 letdown beds, making most of its $1,000,000 sales from kitchen units. Last week, as the company planned a comeback in house-trailer Murphy beds, Inventor Murphy died at 81 in Belle Vista Beach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: The Bed in the Closet | 6/3/1957 | See Source »

Died. William L. Murphy, 81, inventor of the Murphy bed; in Belle Vista Beach, Fla. (see BUSINESS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jun. 3, 1957 | 6/3/1957 | See Source »

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