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American Innovations
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🗓️ 5 December 2019
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
George Eastman had made technological breakthroughs and forays into the photography market, but his images still weren’t good enough for professional photographers and the photographic process was still too complicated for recreational photographers.
Eastman needed to improve his product and simplify his process, but he couldn’t do it alone. His novice chemistry skills had already carried the company as far as they could go. So Eastman reached out to a gifted chemist for help, and made his company vulnerable in ways greater than he had feared.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, prime members, you can listen to American innovations, add free on Amazon music, download |
| 0:06.0 | the app today. |
| 0:13.0 | It's a cold December night in 1891. |
| 0:16.1 | A young chemist is trudging through the thick snow towards a large factory on the outskirts |
| 0:21.6 | of Rochester, New York. |
| 0:23.3 | The snow is coming down hard, obscuring his path, but the lantern in his hand helps guide |
| 0:28.0 | his way. |
| 0:29.4 | He pauses when he reaches the door, unsure if he should proceed with his plan. |
| 0:34.7 | He knows that what he came to do is reckless. |
| 0:37.6 | It's probably the most reckless thing he's ever done. |
| 0:41.0 | Perhaps he should turn back. |
| 0:42.9 | It's under 20 degrees, and the chemist is starting to shiver. |
| 0:46.6 | He can't stand out here much longer. |
| 0:48.6 | He needs to make a decision. |
| 0:50.6 | The chemist takes a deep breath, then unlocks the door, and rushes inside. |
| 0:56.1 | He jumps when the door slams behind him. |
| 0:58.6 | Despite the long hours he's worked in this factory, he's never been alone here before. |
| 1:03.1 | Certainly not after dark. |
| 1:04.8 | He raises his lantern and tries to take it all in. |
| 1:08.3 | He knows that this will likely be his last time here, and for a moment he's flooded with |
| 1:13.4 | wistful longing, but only for a moment. |
| 1:16.7 | The chemist quickly shakes it off and heads straight to the back of the factory, to the |
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