Many innovations extend beyond one invention or improvement. They happen thanks to combined changes in attitude, economics, technology, and society. In this week’s episode of This Week in Business History we see this dynamic play out in home kitchens – starting with the patenting of the first electric stove by William S. Hadaway on June 30, 1896…
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This Week in Business History Episode 51
In this edition of This Week in Business History, guest host Kelly Barner remembers key innovations, inventions, and firsts that took place between June 7th and 13th, including the questionable career of Samuel Slater, the tricky first passing of the Panama Canal, and how the Post Office stopped the shipment of children through their national parcel service.