Monday, July 30, 2007

July 31

On the 31st in 1790, Samuel Hopkins was awarded the first United States patent for ‘a process improving the processing of potash’, which it seems is an important ingredient in fertilizers. The only features of this accomplishment that make it even mildly interesting are that it was the first US Patent and the issuing document was signed by both President George Washington and Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson.

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