He thought up the automatic ribbon reverse, the first device ever made which would automatically start the ribbon spool of a typewriter operating in the opposite direction. He developed a way to puncture proof a tire by sending fluid into the inner tube of an automobile tire. he also developed different types of fire extinguishers. His automatic potatoe slicer was a flop.
His hobby in fishing gave the nation's fishermen a swimming minnow. His father Adolph Niemann was a cabinet maker and taught his son to use tools. When he was 12 years old he procured his first job as an electrician's helper in a department store. When he was 14 he went to work for Felt & Tarrant Manufacturing company, that was in 1892.
He thought up the automatic ribbon reverse, the first device ever made which would automatically start the ribbon spool of a typewriter operating in the opposite direction. He developed a way to puncture proof a tire by sending fluid into the inner tube of an automobile tire. he also developed different types of fire extinguishers. His automatic potatoe slicer was a flop.
His hobby in fishing gave the nation's fishermen a swimming minnow. His father Adolph Niemann was a cabinet maker and taught his son to use tools. When he was 12 years old he procured his first job as an electrician's helper in a department store. When he was 14 he went to work for Felt & Tarrant Manufacturing company, that was in 1892.
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