Meet the American who invented sliced bread: Otto Rohwedder, hard-luck hawkeye
Rohwedder, a native of Davenport, Iowa, invented sliced bread. It’s the greatest thing since … Well, it’s the greatest thing, ...
Business Insider India10 年
This Guy You've Never Heard Of Invented The World's 'Greatest Thing,' Sliced Bread
"That's the greatest thing since sliced bread!" Everyone says that phrase, but no one actually knows who came up with the genius invention. Otto Frederick Rohwedder is one of the world's most ...
MoneyWeek10 年
7 July 1928: sliced bread goes on sale for the first time
The bread slicer was invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder ... plus money-saving tips with our free twice-daily newsletter Sign up But the slices produced by Rohwedder's machine had to be held ...
BBC4 年
Quiz: Are these things older than sliced bread?
You may be familiar with the phrase, ‘It’s the best thing sliced bread’. It’s used to describe an invention or phenomenon that could have as big (and positive) an impact on our lives as ...