Invention Timeline - Gail Borden, American Inventor and Surveyor; Invented and Patented a Process of Condensing Milk
b. November 6, 1801 and d. January 11, 1874
American inventor and surveyor. He established the first newspaper in Texas. His attention being attracted to the need of more suitable food supplies for emigrants and travelers across the plains, he produced a “meat biscuit.” He next invented a process of condensing milk and in 1856 obtained a patent on it. He produced an extract of beef of superior quality, also extracts of condensed tea, coffee and cocoa. In 1862 he patented a process for reducing the juices of fruits to one-seventh their original bulk.
What is ambition? ‘Tis a glorious cheat!
It follows not with fortune. It is seen
Rarely or never in the rich man’s hall.
It seeks the chamber of the gifted boy,
And lifts his humble window and comes in.
The narrow walls expand, and spread away
Into a kingly palace, and the roof
Lifts to the sky, and unseen fingers work
The ceiling with rich blazonry, and write
His name in burning letters over all.
—Ambition: Willis
1500—Cocoa was unknown in Europe until the discovery of America.
1865—Introduction in this country of deep and cold setting of milk.
1882—Ensilage, a system of preserving corn and green fodder for cattle in pits made air and water tight, came into practice.
