Monday, December 10, 2012

Factoid

    The man responsible for the modern aerosol spray-valve had a last name that sounded a bit like a spray can running empty!

     He was a talented inventor, holding hundreds of patents.  His spray valve made him wealthy and he applied his wealth to philanthropy.   It would only confuse you to add that Robert Abplanalp was a close friend of Richard Nixon and Bebe Rebozo -- but it's a confusing world.

8 comments:

George said...

He graduated my high school alma-mater, and was quite a philanthropist there. I had the opportunity to meet him when I was there. Nice man.

Roberta X said...

He certainly appears to have been remarkably talented!

Tam said...

He had a name like something that kept H.P. Lovecraft up at night.

Comrade Misfit said...

In the lobby of Precision Valve's factory in Yonkers, NY,, they had a small hobbyist's lathe in a display case. It was the lathe that Abplanalp used in developing his prototype aerosol valve.

JD(not the one with the picture) said...

A man, a plan, a canal, Abplanalp.

Doesn't quite work, does it.

armedlaughing said...

If one Bozos again, is that a re-Bozo?

gfa

PS - Sadly, I'm old enough to remember them all!

Tam said...

Biff Pocoroba!

For bonus points, his actual given first name was "Biff"!

rickn8or said...

Okay, try saying THOSE four names rapidly three times while less than dead cold sober.