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William Hoskins (inventor)
that... the co-inventor of modern billiard chalk William Hoskins was also the inventor of the electric heating coil, without which we would not have toasters, electric stoves, and space heaters?[1]- ALT1: ... that the co-inventor of modern billiard chalk William Hoskins was also the inventor of the electric heating coil, used to create the first electric toasters?[2]
Created by Lee Vilenski (talk) and SMcCandlish (talk). Nominated by Lee Vilenski (talk) at 23:35, 2 January 2019 (UTC).
- Lua error: expandTemplate: template "y" does not exist.
- I'm a bit concerned about the sources provided. For the first one I can't find a source in the article about stoves and space heaters. Template:U and Template:U... but ALT1 is good to go Eddie891 Talk Work 01:07, 4 January 2019 (UTC)
- ↑ "C.H.i.C. Timeline 1843–1880" Archived August 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, A Guide to the Chemical History of Chicago, Chemical History in Chicago Project, date unspecified; accessed February 24, 2007
- ↑ Leonard, John William; Marquis, Albert Nelson (1911). ""William Hoskins" entry". The Book of Chicagoans: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men of the City of Chicago. Vol. 2. self-published. p. 343. The entry can also be found on p. 296 of the orig. 1905 ed. Subsequent editions (1917, 1926) were titled Who's Who in Chicago.
