Canadians have offered their fare share of innovations to the world, but I will never be able to wrap this one around my head. I never understood where these claims lay.
Well, that's a matter for debate. There were flawed designs being patented before Bombadier finally perfected the snowmobile after the death of his son. The first was in Wisconsin according to one website I found.
Even the show addressed this issue.... Bell, having lived in Canada both before and after his invention, is claimed by us but it is also claimed an american invention. a vast majority of his research prior to the actual patent was performed in Canada. if you'll note, Bell wasn't American either.Canadians have offered their fare share of innovations to the world, but I will never be able to wrap this one around my head. I never understood where these claims lay.
What makes theUS patent office the Authority when something was invented.? Witnesses who can attest to the facts are just as credible.
AndyF
Even the show addressed this issue.... Bell, having lived in Canada both before and after his invention, is claimed by us but it is also claimed an american invention. a vast majority of his research prior to the actual patent was performed in Canada. if you'll note, Bell wasn't American either.
- http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/00450/snowmobiles.htmBelieve it or not, man invented the airplane before he invented a vehicle to travel across snow. The Wright brothers flew in 1903, while the first vehicle that was built to travel over snow was not invented until 1908!
1909
O.C. Johnson built a machine to travel over snow. It was about ten feet long and didn't steer very well. It would sometimes even sink through the snow. Its main use was to move logs around on snow-covered ground.
1924
Earl Eliason built one of the most amazing snowmobiles built in the United States in 1924, in Sayner, Wisconsin. This wooden toboggan was fitted with two skis in front, which were steered with ropes. Mr. Eliason called his invention the “motor toboggan.” This vehicle was powered by a 2-1/2 horsepower Johnson motor. Mr. Eliason manufactured his machine until 1939, when he sold it to F.W.D. Corporation in Canada.
1954
David Johnson made his design of a snowmobile during a weekend adventure with Alan and Edgar Hetteer, the owners of Polaris Industries. When the Hetteer brothers and Mr. Johnson returned from their weekend adventure, the Hetteer brothers weren't really pleased with Mr. Johnson's design. David Johnson got rid of the design just like Alan and Edgar has asked him to. But instead of throwing it away, Mr. Johnson sold it, though there were many problems with the first model. One day Mr. Johnson convinced the brothers to build a second machine so they could travel across snow much more easily than having to walk on snowshoes all day. Polaris Industries built a few machines each year from 1955 through 1957.
#7 Robertson Screw is funny. Over here in Australia you can't even find them. When you send them over they discard them and use something else.
karrie:
#17 Ski-Doo was an american invention according to the US Encyclopedia. I did a research a few years back to see just how honest our friends are. I knew it was a Canadian invention, so checked their encyclopedia and there it was, someone in Minnesota or Illinois can't remember invented it. Didn't help my respect for them since.
AndyF