Todays Birthday: Garrett Augustus Morgan, Sr. (1877) - Born into poverty and having had little formal education, Morgan nevertheless became a successful inventor and entrepreneur. In 1914, he patented his breathing device, a hood that allows one to breathe safely in the presence of smoke, gas, and other pollutants. He worked hard to market it, especially to fire departments, and often demonstrated its reliability, most famously using it to rescue several men from an ... ow.ly/2EnGxw
Posted on: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 06:49:28 +0000