...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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| 7118806 | Plastic molded product having photochromic characteristic and/or polarizing characteristics A plastic molded article laminated a layer with a photochromic property and/or a layer with a polarization property on at least one side of a base material, said base material being a polycarbonate having a photoelastic constant of 55×10−12 m2 | 10/10/2006 |