What's in a name?

Monday, August 2, 2010

Recently, while walking around the Midway at the Red Willow County Fair, I caught myself looking at the brightly lighted Ferris Wheel and asking, "Do you suppose that there was a Mr. Ferris that invented that wheel?" As soon as I had a chance to look up information on that subject I did so, and sure enough, there was indeed a Mr. Ferris, and he did have a lot to do with the Ferris Wheel. In fact, there are a lot of products that carry their inventor's name, and with it a bit of immortality for that individual.

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