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Babbling Farker
- Joined
- Feb 28, 2010
- Location
- North Potomac, MD
"The charcoal briquette was first invented and patented by Ellsworth B. A. Zwoyer of Pennsylvania in 1897[2] and was produced by the Zwoyer Fuel Company. The process was further popularized by Henry Ford, who used wood and sawdust byproducts from automobile fabrication as a feedstock. Ford Charcoal went on to become the Kingsford Company."
Just saying...
Zwoyer did apply for a patent, but I don't think it was granted. Fords were different, and he (and Edison) are credited with the discovery:
http://inventors.about.com/od/inventionhistory/a/Archive_seven.htm
Either way, it's a distinction without a difference:
The last time I checked, Pennsylvania was a northern state. :bow: