Ralphie ★ Posted June 27, 2017 Share #1 Posted June 27, 2017 This guy knew how to sell his semiconductors - he came out with the first pocket transistor radio AND the first small electronic calculator. Patrick E. Haggerty American engineer Patrick Eugene Haggerty was an American engineer and businessman. He was a co-founder and former president and chairman of Texas Instruments, Incorporated. Wikipedia Born: March 17, 1914, Harvey, ND Died: October 1, 1980, Dallas, TX Education: Marquette University Books: The Productive Society Awards: John Fritz Medal Organization founded: Texas Instruments 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted June 27, 2017 Share #2 Posted June 27, 2017 Damn, that man looks like Eisenhower with some hair. I remember when the Navy bought me one of his calculators to replace this on my desk. With this at $495 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted June 27, 2017 Share #3 Posted June 27, 2017 All right, I'll see your nerd, and raise you This one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted June 27, 2017 Share #4 Posted June 27, 2017 1 minute ago, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: All right, I'll see your nerd, and raise you This one. Will that one gain traction with the peeps here? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted June 27, 2017 Share #5 Posted June 27, 2017 A local Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Kosciuszko Posted June 27, 2017 Share #6 Posted June 27, 2017 The man who made possible the electrical distribution systems used all over the world - wasn't Edison or Westinghouse: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted June 27, 2017 Share #7 Posted June 27, 2017 Nicky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted June 27, 2017 Share #8 Posted June 27, 2017 My wife wants to buy one of his cars in a couple of years, hopefully she gets to meet him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted June 27, 2017 Share #9 Posted June 27, 2017 Tesla would have loved the steel mill I worked in. Shades of Gotham. Large motors and generators half submerged into the floor. Open high voltage ckts built on walls of pegboard. All we needed was a lightning generator to light the place up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted June 27, 2017 Share #10 Posted June 27, 2017 6 hours ago, maddmaxx said: Tesla would have loved the steel mill I worked in. Shades of Gotham. Large motors and generators half submerged into the floor. Open high voltage ckts built on walls of pegboard. All we needed was a lightning generator to light the place up. Haha, I worked nine years in a Westinghouse plant. It had all that and the lightning generator. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted June 27, 2017 Share #11 Posted June 27, 2017 Another great man. Loved by many admired by all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted June 27, 2017 Share #12 Posted June 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Kzoo said: Another great man. Loved by many admired by all. Broken link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted June 27, 2017 Share #13 Posted June 27, 2017 Michael Carroll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UglyBob Posted June 27, 2017 Share #14 Posted June 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Kzoo said: Another great man. Loved by many admired by all. Two can play at that game... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted June 27, 2017 Share #15 Posted June 27, 2017 This guy created pink lawn flamingos 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted June 27, 2017 Share #16 Posted June 27, 2017 2 hours ago, Square Wheels said: Broken link? I think not broken, more like twisted IMO. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share #17 Posted June 27, 2017 12 hours ago, Thaddeus Kosciuszko said: The man who made possible the electrical distribution systems used all over the world - wasn't Edison or Westinghouse: Elon MUsk! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted June 27, 2017 Share #18 Posted June 27, 2017 2 hours ago, UglyBob said: Two can play at that game... Technically you can play that game as well but that would still make you the second great man. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share #19 Posted June 27, 2017 13 hours ago, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: All right, I'll see your nerd, and raise you This one. Nicely obscure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted June 28, 2017 Share #20 Posted June 28, 2017 10 hours ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: Nicely obscure. ....and if I hadn't read about him in a book about a now de-funked local 3rd rail railroad, I wouldn't know who he was, either. But David S Watson is even more obscure outside of this immediate area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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