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William Morrison (23 de agosto de 1855-29 de agosto de 1927) fue un químico escocés. Su experiencia en química despertó su interés en mejorar las baterías de almacenamiento de energía eléctrica. [1]
William James Morrison (1860–1926) was an American dentist and inventor who is best known for developing the cotton candy machine. Career. Morrison, from Nashville, Tennessee, was an avid inventor, and has a number of inventions to his credit.
- The Origins of Spun Sugar
- William Morrison
- The ‘Fairy Floss’ Craze
- A Global Treat
Long before machine-made cotton candy came along, there was spun sugar. Back in 15th-century Italy, for example, chefs are known to have melted huge pans of sugar and then spun it using a method involving a fork to flick strands of it over a broom handle. This process created crunchy twigs and nests of sugar not too dissimilar to the cotton candy w...
Morrison graduated as a dentist in Tennessee in 1890, but rather than steering clear of sugar, given his profession, he started exploring ways to make spun sugar in a short space of time. After some investigating, Morrison enlisted the help of a Tennessee confectioner, John C. Wharton, to make a prototype cotton candy machine. In 1897, the unlikely...
With their cotton candy machine designed and patented, all Morrison and Wharton needed was to build up a customer base. They found it in 1904, at the St. Louis World’s Fair. The duo sold their product, which they named ‘fairy floss’, to the exposition’s throngs of visitors at 25 cents per box. It was a roaring success, and they ultimately sold more...
Somewhere along the way, ‘fairy floss’ became popularly known as ‘cotton candy’ in America, but Australians still tend to call it ‘fairy floss’. Britain and New Zealand, meanwhile, meet halfway and generally use the term ‘candy floss’. Other nations have been more creative with their terminology. Like ‘candy floss’, the Afrikaans word for the treat...
15 de jul. de 2016 · Perversely enough, cotton candy was invented by dentist William Morrison, with the help of confectioner John C. Wharton. Together, in 1897, the pair designed and patented what they called an...
William Morris (Walthamstow, Londres, 1834 - Londres, 1896) Escritor, reformador social, diseñador y artista inglés que a través de su obra literaria, teórica y artística intentó la renovación de la cultura recuperando el espíritu de las artes y oficios medievales.
William Morris (Walthamstow, 24 de marzo de 1834-Londres, 3 de octubre de 1896) fue un arquitecto, diseñador y maestro textil, traductor, poeta, novelista y activista socialista británico.
William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil (1893–1961), British politician and Governor General of Australia. William McG. Morrison (1903–1960), mayor of Charleston, South Carolina. William Morrison (Australian politician) (1928–2013), Member of the Australian House of Representatives.
