...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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| 3997705 | Method of coagulating a fluoro-elastomer from an aqueous dispersion thereof A process for coagulating a fluoro-elastomer in an aqueous medium which comprises adding to an aqueous acidic medium thereof an organic base or salt thereof which acts as a vulcanization accelerator.... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3966686 | Aromatic polyamide-type films Aromatic polyamide-hydrazide films, consisting of p-benzamide p-phenylene terephthalamide and/or terephthaloyl hydrazide recurring units, as major chain constituents, are removed from inorganic residue by an aqueous mixture which dissolves or swells the f... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3965236 | Poly(meta-phenylene isophthalamide) powder and process A poly(meta-phenylene isophthalamide) powder is provided which is coalescible under the influence of pressure followed by heating at temperatures below its crystalline melting point to provide molded objects of a solid and homogeneous nature. A process fo... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3962169 | Fluoroelastomer latex containing lithium ion and a creaming agent and process for preparation thereof A fluoroelastomer latex which remains useful after being stored for a long period of time and which can be produced by a process employing a relatively brief residence time in the reactor can be prepared by (A) forming an aqueous emulsion of monomers capa... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3954762 | Mixed amine-phenol hardeners for epoxy resins Association products, useful as a hardener for epoxy resins, formed between A. a liquid polyamine having 3 - 5 amino hydrogen atoms; B. a liquid primary monoamine; and C. a liquid alkylmonophenol. Adducts formed between this association product and an epoxy resin. Metho... | 05/04/1976 |
| 3931082 | Microcrystalline polyesters and dispersions thereof Colloidally dispersible microcrystalline polyesters are prepared by a hydrolytic removal of amorphous regions in synthetic, linear polyesters followed by a mechanical disintegration of the resulting aggregated microcrystals to produce discrete microcrysta... | 01/06/1976 |