Tag: John Wesley Hyatt

The Times of London was printed by automatic, steam-powered presses for the first time on this day in 1814. Did you know that: • John Wesley Hyatt, the inventor of celluloid, was born on this day in 1837• America’s first auto race was held in Chicago on this day in 1895• Mary Elizabeth Winstead is […]

Henry Ford received a patent for an automobile transmission mechanism on this day in 1911. Did you know that: • Neptune’s moon, Triton, was discovered by William Lassell on this day in 1846• John Wesley Hyatt patented the billiard ball made from cellulose nitrate (celluloid) on this day in 1865• Issac R. Johnson patented the […]