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Original article by Ian Fortey.
Being an inventor is all fine and good, but if no one knows what you invented, then it won't do you much good. You have to get the word out about your creation. Part of that involves coming up with a good name for your invention as well. Something catchy that will stick in people’s minds. And if you’re thinking of naming it after yourself to capitalize on your invention’s popularity and go down in history like Henry Ford, for instance, you may want to think again. Plenty of inventors named things after themselves and were still promptly forgotten, even if their invention has lived on.
Further Reading:
youtube.com/watch?v=vyZyGZEUzGI
junkersaircraft.com/en/#:~:text=In%201919%2C%20the%20Junkers%20F13,it%20did%20100%20years%20ago.
https://en.junkers.de/junkers-a50-junior#:~:text=Hugo%20Junkers%20has%20made%20aviation,the%20skies%20over%20our%20heads.
britannica.com/biography/Henry-Shrapnel
wired.com/2012/03/march-13-1842-henry-shrapnel-dies-but-his-name-lives-on
tastewise.io/foodtrends/nachos
mentalfloss.com/article/596365/nachos-inventor-ignacio-anaya-gets-google-doodle
mexicodailypost.com/2022/10/21/ignacio-anaya-the-mexican-who-invented-nachos
acog.org/womens-health/experts-and-stories/the-latest/why-annual-pap-smears-are-history-but-routine-ob-gyn-visits-are-not#:~:text=Women%20age%2021%20to%2029,HPV%20test%20every%205%20years.
uihc.org/health-topics/what-pap-smear
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4613936/#:~:text=George%20Nicholas%20Papanicolaou%20was%20a,early%20detection%20of%20cervical%20cancer
smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/a-brief-history-of-popsicles-92923396
npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/07/22/425294957/how-an-11-year-old-boy-invented-the-popsicle
etymonline.com/word/guitar
etymonline.com/search?q=drum
britannica.com/art/saxophone
britannica.com/biography/Antoine-Joseph-Sax
adolphesax.be/en
melmagazine.com/en-us/story/salisbury-steak-history#:~:text=In%201952%2C%20there%20was%20even,TV%20dinners%20faded%20in%20popularity).
wgpfoundation.org/media/who-invented-salisbury-steak-history-happened-here-historic-marker-vignette
wgpfoundation.org/media/who-invented-salisbury-steak-history-happened-here-historic-marker-vignette
wgpfoundation.org/media/who-invented-salisbury-steak-history-happened-here-historic-marker-vignette
more.ctv.ca/food/recipes/salisbury-steak-with-mushroom-gravy.html
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4188646
mondediplo.com/2020/01/13ritalin#:~:text=Wahl%27s%20go%2Dto%20remedy%20is,and%20concentration%20when%20playing%20tennis
https://lenews.ch/2019/08/23/swiss-fact-ritalin-was-invented-in-switzerland/
casetext.com/case/bengue-v-american-pharmaceutical-co-inc
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8647688
history.com/news/the-wartime-origins-of-the-mm
mashed.com/313583/the-ridiculous-number-of-mms-made-each-day
allthatsinteresting.com/mms-history
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Original article by Ian Fortey.
Being an inventor is all fine and good, but if no one knows what you invented, then it won't do you much good. You have to get the word out about your creation. Part of that involves coming up with a good name for your invention as well. Something catchy that will stick in people’s minds. And if you’re thinking of naming it after yourself to capitalize on your invention’s popularity and go down in history like Henry Ford, for instance, you may want to think again. Plenty of inventors named things after themselves and were still promptly forgotten, even if their invention has lived on.
Further Reading:
youtube.com/watch?v=vyZyGZEUzGI
junkersaircraft.com/en/#:~:text=In%201919%2C%20the%20Junkers%20F13,it%20did%20100%20years%20ago.
https://en.junkers.de/junkers-a50-junior#:~:text=Hugo%20Junkers%20has%20made%20aviation,the%20skies%20over%20our%20heads.
britannica.com/biography/Henry-Shrapnel
wired.com/2012/03/march-13-1842-henry-shrapnel-dies-but-his-name-lives-on
tastewise.io/foodtrends/nachos
mentalfloss.com/article/596365/nachos-inventor-ignacio-anaya-gets-google-doodle
mexicodailypost.com/2022/10/21/ignacio-anaya-the-mexican-who-invented-nachos
acog.org/womens-health/experts-and-stories/the-latest/why-annual-pap-smears-are-history-but-routine-ob-gyn-visits-are-not#:~:text=Women%20age%2021%20to%2029,HPV%20test%20every%205%20years.
uihc.org/health-topics/what-pap-smear
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4613936/#:~:text=George%20Nicholas%20Papanicolaou%20was%20a,early%20detection%20of%20cervical%20cancer
smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/a-brief-history-of-popsicles-92923396
npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/07/22/425294957/how-an-11-year-old-boy-invented-the-popsicle
etymonline.com/word/guitar
etymonline.com/search?q=drum
britannica.com/art/saxophone
britannica.com/biography/Antoine-Joseph-Sax
adolphesax.be/en
melmagazine.com/en-us/story/salisbury-steak-history#:~:text=In%201952%2C%20there%20was%20even,TV%20dinners%20faded%20in%20popularity).
wgpfoundation.org/media/who-invented-salisbury-steak-history-happened-here-historic-marker-vignette
wgpfoundation.org/media/who-invented-salisbury-steak-history-happened-here-historic-marker-vignette
wgpfoundation.org/media/who-invented-salisbury-steak-history-happened-here-historic-marker-vignette
more.ctv.ca/food/recipes/salisbury-steak-with-mushroom-gravy.html
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4188646
mondediplo.com/2020/01/13ritalin#:~:text=Wahl%27s%20go%2Dto%20remedy%20is,and%20concentration%20when%20playing%20tennis
https://lenews.ch/2019/08/23/swiss-fact-ritalin-was-invented-in-switzerland/
casetext.com/case/bengue-v-american-pharmaceutical-co-inc
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8647688
history.com/news/the-wartime-origins-of-the-mm
mashed.com/313583/the-ridiculous-number-of-mms-made-each-day
allthatsinteresting.com/mms-history
