A Lifetime of Discovery

This year, on the day after Christmas, it will be 145 years since Grandpa Jacob was born. He was 23 years younger than his oldest brother Eli. Just think about the changes in the world during his lifetime! He was born in 1867, two years after the Civil War and died in 1963 during the infancy of space travel. The list below is just a few of the inventions and discoveries that took place just during the 96 years he was alive.