Gail Borden Quotes
I tried and failed. I tried again and again and succeeded.
Context
Borden invented some of the basic methods of preserving food and assuring uncontaminated food—especially with dairy products.
Citations
Gail Borden 1801-1874, Food Scientist and Inventor, Founder of Borden’s Inc. food company, Epitaph on his Gravestone
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Gail Borden Jr. was a native New Yorker who settled in Texas in 1829, where he worked as a land surveyor, newspaper publisher, and inventor. He created a process in 1853 to make sweetened condensed milk. Earlier Borden helped plan the cities of Houston and Galveston in 1836.