Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Betwixt

History

American Technoloy
a. Bessemer patents his process using a converter to make steel
b. Drake drills the first oil well in Titusville, Pennsylvania
b. Goodyear discovers the process of vulcanizaton

3 comments:

James R said...

Answers (from earliest to latest)
1. Goodyear discovers vulcanization (1839)
2. Bessemer patents the Bessemer process (1855)
3. Drake drills firs oil well (1859)

Big Dave said...

I wanted to guess b. Always seems like the logical choice as in B as in buried all of this snow.

James R said...

"B" as in Bessemer--a winner!