Geek Fact for February 25th

By Judy Novotny / 02/25/2012 / Geek Facts

In 1837, the first U.S. electric printing press was patented by Thomas Davenport.

Thomas Davenport designed a motor that was strong enough to run a small printing press in 1834. He later patented the motor in 1837.

Read more about early applications of electricity at http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Early_Applications_of_Electricity

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Judy Novotny

Judy is a computer veteran with 30 years of experience. She has owned everything from a TRS-80, Apple IIe and various Windows-based PCs. She is currently living in her Apple ecosystem at home consisting of an iPhone, iPad, iMac, MacBook, Apple TV, iPod nano and two Time Capsules. She is a fan of all things mobile since she got her first Palm Pilot in 1999. Check out her iPad app, Number Wizard, in the App Store. Follow her on Twitter @junovotech or at Junovo.com.

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