Whitcomb Judson invented the ZIPPER! Only he called it the clasp-fastener. It was renamed the zipper later.
He also made several unsuccessful attempts to develop street-cars run on compressed air.
The zipper was invented in 1893
he invented the modern-day zipper
The zipper was invented in Chicago by Whitcomb L. Judson in 1891. 1844
Mr. Whitcomb Judson invented the zipper in 1893.
He invented the zipper.
Chicago mechanical engineer Whitcomb L. Judson invented the zipper in 1891. He also invented the pneumatic street railway.
Whitcomb Judson died in 1909
Whitcomb Judson invented the "chain lock fastener" in 1891. It was said that he invented it in an effort to make it easier to fasten the high button boots that were in fashion at the time.
Whitcomb L. Judson was born in Chicago Illinois and was American.
The projector (kinetoscope) was invented in 1893
Whitcomb Judson invented a metal zipper with locking teeth in 1890. He patented the device in 1893 and exhibited it at the Chicago World's Fair the same year. Unfortunately, it did not catch on until after his death when it was improved upon by a Swedish-American engineer, Gideon Sundbach.
Whitcomb L. Judson was born in 1839-03.