Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5631825 | Operator station for manufacturing process control system An operator station for a manufacturing process control system including a network of at least one dedicated process control computer for monitoring and controlling SECTIONS of the manufacturing process wherein each SECTION includes one or more SEQUENCES ... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5486995 | System for real time optimization An adaptive process control system which is responsive to both process measurement input signals and economic environment inputs is provided. The process control system features an interactive optimization modeling system for periodically determining one ... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5408603 | Global process control information system and method The process control display program receives input in the form of an alphanumeric process control statement. The alphanumeric statement is parsed into its constituent lexical units and graphical icons corresponding to those lexical units are arranged on t... | 04/18/1995 |
