Bell’s metal detector failed to find the bullet because Garfield’s room was equipped with another brand-new invention to make him more comfortable: a steel-innerspring mattress.
Bell did not invent the first metal detector, Gustave Trouvé, a Frenchman did in 1874, 7 years earlier. Bell was trying to duplicate Trouvé’s invention. See: https://softschools.com/inventions/history/metal_detector_history/376/ and also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_detector .
There are bigger snowflakes out there. Just look at any political blog site.
A.G. Bell invented something that has many uses. The most typical is the beach treasure hunter phenom which has reunited lots of valued items with their owners.
Is there an actual picture of this 15 inch snowflake? I’ve known about it since I was a kid but every time I hear of it there is some picture of a big cartoon snowflake instead of an actual photo. I seriously doubt it was a perfect hex-crystal like it’s depicted, it was probably an amalgam of a bunch of smaller crystals interlocked together looking more like a flat snowball than anything else.
Caldonia over 3 years ago
Why are my Wiffle balls in the ocean? I looked everywhere.
Templo S.U.D. over 3 years ago
Where would one find a 38.1-centimeter snowflake?
JasonIrelan1 over 3 years ago
One time I made a snowflake that was 16 inches long.
Balexander Ell Games Jarfield
May the Lord be with you.
Bilan over 3 years ago
Why didn’t AGB just use an MRI on the President?
BrendaStefka over 3 years ago
If I’m not mistaken, I think they are referring to the Neptune Society. Every once and a while, I receive mail from them.
dlasher over 3 years ago
Bell’s metal detector failed to find the bullet because Garfield’s room was equipped with another brand-new invention to make him more comfortable: a steel-innerspring mattress.
therese_callahan2002 over 3 years ago
I thought those coral reefs were dice at first. Snake eyes!
RabbitHole over 3 years ago
Bell did not invent the first metal detector, Gustave Trouvé, a Frenchman did in 1874, 7 years earlier. Bell was trying to duplicate Trouvé’s invention. See: https://softschools.com/inventions/history/metal_detector_history/376/ and also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_detector .
sandpiper over 3 years ago
There are bigger snowflakes out there. Just look at any political blog site.
A.G. Bell invented something that has many uses. The most typical is the beach treasure hunter phenom which has reunited lots of valued items with their owners.
Gent over 3 years ago
Only 15 inches? Naah. There’s way bigger ones than that. And there’s a whole group of em too.
Huckleberry Hiroshima over 3 years ago
It remains to be sean.
Take care, may famed snowflake chaser Coyote “Merkin” Blabberord be with you, and gesundheit.
Indianapolis Smith over 3 years ago
I thought the largest “snowflakes” were in Florida in the winter. About 5’9" and 175 pounds.
poppacapsmokeblower over 3 years ago
I assume President Garfield was already dead, or the wait for metal detector development would have killed him.
poppacapsmokeblower over 3 years ago
I wonder whether they tried to preserve the snowflake. I would warn them not to use hot wax.
hsawlrae over 3 years ago
There are ‘SnowFLAKES’ in Hollywood.
ChessPirate over 3 years ago
“Eternal Reefs” was then bought out by “Murder, Inc.”…
tee929 over 3 years ago
Buts a new meaning to burial at sea…..
stamps over 3 years ago
Gives a whole new meaning to “He’ll sleep with the fish.”
yangeldf over 3 years ago
Is there an actual picture of this 15 inch snowflake? I’ve known about it since I was a kid but every time I hear of it there is some picture of a big cartoon snowflake instead of an actual photo. I seriously doubt it was a perfect hex-crystal like it’s depicted, it was probably an amalgam of a bunch of smaller crystals interlocked together looking more like a flat snowball than anything else.
tinstar over 3 years ago
I wonder if those “Eternal Reefs” give new meaning to “body of water.”
pbr50138 over 3 years ago
It doesn’t say whether or not, the bullet was found or not.