Short-term disability insurance, which is most often purchased as part of a group at work, can be paid by either the employer or the employee. Group short-term disability insurance policies are guaranteed issue, meaning you do not have to take a medical exam to buy coverage.
In 1650, Otto von Guericke invented the air pump, used to create a partial vacuum. Using hollow copper spheres and an air pump of his own construction, Guericke demonstrated that a partial vacuum could be created by pumping the air out of the sphere.
1 1811: Friedrich Koenig invents the first powered printing press which was also the first to use a cylinder. 2  1814: The modern planing machine is invented by James Fox, though Matthew Murray of Leeds and Richard Roberts of Manchester have also been credited at times with its invention. However, others inventors before Bell had worked on the development of the telephone and the invention had several pioneers. 2  1877: The first working phonograph is invented by Thomas Edison. 3  1878: Henry Fleuss is granted a patent for the first practical rebreather.