Gail Borden
American inventor (1801-1874) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 72
Gail Borden Jr. was an American inventor and manufacturing pioneer. He was born in New York state and settled in Texas in 1829, where he worked as a land surveyor, newspaper publisher, and food company entrepreneur. He created a process in 1853 to make sweetened condensed milk.
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The October 10, 1835, first edition of the Telegraph and Texas Register newspaper published through the partnership of Gail Borden Jr., his brother John, and Joseph Baker in San Felipe, Texas
1869 Houston map showing the grid laid out by Borden
U.S. Patent RE2103 "Vacuum Pan" for Improvements in Condensing Milk issued November 14, 1865
Advertisement for Gail Borden's Eagle Brand Condensed Milk from an 1898 guidebook for travelers in the Klondike Gold Rush
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Earlier, Borden helped plan the cities of Houston and Galveston in 1836.
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Lived 1801 to 1874 · aged 72
