Oh how different this world would be without the inventiveness of Whitcomb Judson and Gideon Sundback. Getting dressed in the morning would be more difficult without their creation. Even putting my ...

Whitcomb Judson was raised in Chicago, fought with the Union Army in the Civil War and was wounded in battle. He produced inventions post-war, none more famous or useful than the zipper, which he ...

Robert E. L. Whitcomb, age 93, lifelong resident of Merrimac, passed Sunday, July 2, 2023 at Portsmouth Regional Hospital after sustaining injuries from a car accident. He was the loving husband of ...

THE Chicago inventor with the unusual name, Whitcomb Judson, experienced some very unusual things as an inventor, even after he died. Inventions are often referred to by their patented name. For ...

ANSWER: The zipper is so common and has been around for so long, we don’t give much thought to where it came from or how it works. It is one of those devices that is not absolutely necessary but is ...