Heard on the Radio: Chester Greenwood Day
The boys at Left Jab (XM Public Radio, Channel 133) brought me on this week, and I brought on Michael Blanchet from Farmington, Maine. Farmington is the home town of Chester Greenwood and each year they celebrate Chester and his great invention.
Who is Chester Greenwood ? In all he had some 130 patents to his name, including the spring steel rake, wide bottom whistling kettle and the mechanical mousetrap. He has been acknowledged by the Smithsonian Institution as one of America's 15 Outstanding Inventors. But he is best remembered for inventing earmuffs. We spoke to Mike about Chester, earmuffs, and how Farmington honors both at its community celebration Chester Greenwood Day.
If you missed the interview on XM, you can catch it at the website of leftjabradio.com. We also did our own shorter podcast interview that can be found at our companion site "conversationsontheroad.com"
By the way, for more about Chester Greenwood Day, Maine Public Television did a great feature you can catch at their website.
Who is Chester Greenwood ? In all he had some 130 patents to his name, including the spring steel rake, wide bottom whistling kettle and the mechanical mousetrap. He has been acknowledged by the Smithsonian Institution as one of America's 15 Outstanding Inventors. But he is best remembered for inventing earmuffs. We spoke to Mike about Chester, earmuffs, and how Farmington honors both at its community celebration Chester Greenwood Day.
If you missed the interview on XM, you can catch it at the website of leftjabradio.com. We also did our own shorter podcast interview that can be found at our companion site "conversationsontheroad.com"
By the way, for more about Chester Greenwood Day, Maine Public Television did a great feature you can catch at their website.
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