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Inventors and Inventions In the Roaring 20's

By Ethan Larose and Neha Chahal

Frozen Foods

The Radio

The Band-Aid

  • A man named Clarence Birdseye invented the frozen food we eat today
  • Saw the way the inuit froze their fish and developed a theory
  • Came up with packaging the meals then freezing them quickly
  • Changed the way people enjoyed food all over Canada
  • The Band-Aid was invented in 1920 by Earle Dickson for his wife
  • Dickson prepared some ready-made bandages by placing squares of cotton gauze at intervals along an adhesive strip and covering them with crinoline
  • He later pitched this idea to his boss and was promoted to vice-president of the company.
  • Invented by Reginald Fessenden
  • Born in 1868 in Quebec
  • Worked in America in electricity field
  • Was rejected from McGill but worked even harder on his theory
  • Wasn't as known as he should have been
  • Helped unite Canada
  • Became a status symbol among people

1929

1920

The Snowblower

Insulin

  • Prior to insulin. diabetes was most commonly associated with death
  • Dr. Frederick Banting and Charles Best made the discovery of insulin
  • Injected a dog with a hormone that lowered it's high blood glucose levels.
  • Awarded Nobel Prize in 1923 for his discovery
  • The Canadian inventor, Arthur Sicard, invented the snowblower in 1925.
  • This blower allowed the driver to clear and throw snow over 90 feet away.
  • Arthur Sicard invented this machine because roads in his local town were often snow-packed.
  • His inspiration for this invention came from one of the early self-propelled combines
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