Echinacea /ËÉkÉ¨ËneÉªÊâ±É/ is a genus, or group of herbaceous flowering plants in the daisy family. The Echinacea genus has nine species, which are commonly called purple coneflowers.They are found only in eastern and central North America, where they are found growing in moist to dry prairies and open wooded areas. They have large, showy heads of composite flowers, blooming from early to late summer.he Echinacea genus has nine species, which are commonly called purple coneflowers. They are found only in eastern and central North America, where they are found growing in moist to dry prairies and open wooded areas. They have large, showy heads of composite flowers, blooming from early to late summer.
Silencers were invented by Hiram Percy Maxim. His father invented the first working modern machine gun. H.P. Maxim received his first patent in late March 1909. H.P. Maxim. Inventor of the Silencer. In 1934, congress passed the National Firearms Act which included silencers. This added a prohibitively expensive $200 transfer tax and registration scheme to an item that typically sold for less than $5.
Inventor with heart: Wilson Greatbatch, posing in his Newstead workshop in 1997, invented the first implantable pacemaker in 1958. Wilson Greatbatch, who saved countless lives with his invention of the implantable cardiac pacemaker, has died at the age of 92. A family spokesman confirmed that Mr Greatbatch died yesterday at the Oxford Village assisted living centre in Canterbury Woods, a suburb of Buffalo, New York state.