Posted by Glen D Anderson on February 06, 2009 at 08:22:14 from (69.36.98.178):
In Reply to: Re: John Deere posted by jdemaris on February 06, 2009 at 07:31:55:
"Popular written history is full of bits of BS."
I couldn't agree with you more but the fact remains that no one really knows the true origin of most inventions and likely never will.............
The sources you have for your info. were also written by people who, incidently, may or may not have had biased opinions or may have not investigated the matter thoroughly..........
One fact remains, a country or nationality is inherently disposed to taking credit for an invention regardless of the actual origin, some more than others and as you say, they write the history books to their favor.........There aren't too many people around the world who are truly unbiased...........
So the short of it is, unless we were alive in that era and had the opportunity to travel the world and interview all of the "would be" inventors, our opinions are simply that, opinions.............
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