From: Spike Jones (spike66@attglobal.net)
Date: Sun Jan 21 2001 - 21:10:11 MST
> Spike Jones wrote: > John, it isnt Henry Paperclip, but the inventor
> was in
> > the 19th century and was French. spike
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> "Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" wrote: That's giving away *far* too much
> information, Spike.
>
> Louis Braille.
Well Ill be damned. Altho this wasnt the name I was thinking,
it is a better answer than mine, so I will call and end to it. Eliezer,
you are too good at this.
I was looking for an invention that contained and immortalized
the name of the inventor. Really good examples of this would be
Bunsen burner, Dewar, Biro, Diesel, Rubik's cube, Crapper, Pasteur,
annnnnndddd...
the one I was thinking is below:
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Saxophone.
Inventor: Adolph Sax, Paris, 1842.
1) This item is an invention that did more to immortalize
the name of the inventor than any other invention I can
think of, for he named it after himself.
2) The inventor is long dead, natural causes. (Died in 1894)
3) Many people have used this item, some do so on
a regular basis. (Including such notables as the previous U.S.
president
and Fed Chair Alan Greenspan. I use one on a more
or less regular basis still.)
4) If shown this item, nearly everyone knows its name, whether
they have ever used one or not. Every single person reading this
list could correctly name the item within two seconds of seeing
one. There is no alternate name for this item. (Wouldnt you
know the name of it if you saw it?)
5) The inventor is not American. (French, born in Belgium in 1814).
6) The item is well known all over the world, better known in
some places than others I suppose. (Some places might not
have a sax anywhere.)
7) The name is not a brand name: all brands of this item
are still called by one name.
8) Altho this item has been around for some time, it
has changed little since it was invented. (I have played
a replica of Sax's original. Pretty close to today's
instrument.)
Congrats Eliezer, for the best answer to the puzzle. {8-] spike
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5116/saxophone.htm
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