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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| 20060262404 | Display device using optical modulator equipped with lens system having improved numerical aperture Disclosed herein is a display device using an optical modulator equipped with a lens system having an improved numerical aperture. The display device includes numerical aperture reducer for reducing a numeral aperture by causing +1st order diffracted light and correspon... | 11/23/2006 |
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