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...that two musicians were responsible for the invention of color print film? Fascinated by photography, Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes worked together to produce an easy-to-use, practical color film. They worked full time as music teachers and gave concerts while experimenting during their off hours in Mannes' kitchen. Their success earned them full-time, well-paying jobs at Kodak and their efforts resulted in Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110168073 | ROLLER REEFING BOOM FOR SAILING SHIPS The invention relates to a roller reefing boom (1 in FIG. 1) for a boom sail set with sail battens, preferably a mainsail (6), of a ship (2) with a partially enclosing sail stowage space (27) of aluminium or Faserplast, in which a larg... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20100288175 | CONFORMAL ROLLER FURLER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD A roller furler assembly for furling a sail where the luff is vertically or diagonally supported by a stay cable. The assembly includes a hollow drive shaft longitudinally aligned around the stay cable adjacent to the luff. A drive mechanism is coupled to the lower end ... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100012008 | FURLING GROUP A furling group (1) for furling flexible bodies (FB) includes a frame (10) which supports a mandrel (20) in an angularly rotatable manner about a fixed axis (22); an actuating unit (30) being mechanically connected to the mandrel (2... | 01/21/2010 |
