11-635: [REDACTED] Look up besser in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Besser is the surname of: Astrid Besser (born 1989), Italian tennis player Chaskel Besser (1923–2010), Polish-American Rabbi Hans Besser (1510 – after 1558), German portrait painter Hans Besser (chess player) (1935–2002), German chess master Howard Besser (born c. 1952), American scholar of digital preservation, digital libraries, and preservation of film and video Jesse Besser (1882–1970), American inventor, who invented
22-469: A machine capable of making 200 rectangular blocks during what was then a standard 10-hour working day. Repeatedly applying simple principles of power transport and automation, Jesse Besser and his engineering aides steadily improved their concrete-block-producing tamper machines. By 1954, fifty years after the 1904 device, the machines of the Besser Company's lineup could produce 10,000 blocks during
33-767: A machine for making Besser blocks Joe Besser (1907–1988), American comedian Les Besser (born 1936), American electronics engineer, and founder of Compact Software, the first RF and microwave EDA company Matt Besser (born 1967), American actor, comedian, director, producer, writer Richard E. Besser (born 1959), American doctor and executive Robert Dennis Besser, see Robert Denning (1927–2005), American interior designer Stuart M. Besser , American film producer Wilibald Swibert Joseph Gottlieb von Besser (1784–1842), Austrian botanist See also [ edit ] Besser Mfg. Co. v. United States Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan Besserer [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
44-767: A machine for making Besser blocks Joe Besser (1907–1988), American comedian Les Besser (born 1936), American electronics engineer, and founder of Compact Software, the first RF and microwave EDA company Matt Besser (born 1967), American actor, comedian, director, producer, writer Richard E. Besser (born 1959), American doctor and executive Robert Dennis Besser, see Robert Denning (1927–2005), American interior designer Stuart M. Besser , American film producer Wilibald Swibert Joseph Gottlieb von Besser (1784–1842), Austrian botanist See also [ edit ] Besser Mfg. Co. v. United States Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan Besserer [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
55-653: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles besser [REDACTED] Look up besser in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Besser is the surname of: Astrid Besser (born 1989), Italian tennis player Chaskel Besser (1923–2010), Polish-American Rabbi Hans Besser (1510 – after 1558), German portrait painter Hans Besser (chess player) (1935–2002), German chess master Howard Besser (born c. 1952), American scholar of digital preservation, digital libraries, and preservation of film and video Jesse Besser (1882–1970), American inventor, who invented
66-454: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Jesse Besser Jesse Besser (1882–1970) was an inventor and manufacturer from Alpena in the U.S. state of Michigan . He is best known for inventing, and supervising a series of improvements to, a tamping machine used to rapidly press wet, flexible concrete into blocks , thereby making possible a new generation of applications in masonry construction. For decades, Besser block
77-679: The Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan , as an endowment. Jesse Besser was born in metropolitan Buffalo, New York in 1882; his parents moved him when he was age one to what was then the North American frontier in Montmorency County, Michigan . Besser grew up on the outskirts of the lumber business, helping his father Herman Besser operate a small mill that shaved timber scantlings into shingles and barrel staves. As old-growth timber vanished from northeastern Michigan,
88-441: The surname Besser . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Besser&oldid=1221714522 " Categories : Surnames German-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
99-441: The surname Besser . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Besser&oldid=1221714522 " Categories : Surnames German-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
110-437: The senior Besser parlayed his assets into a substantial equity share in a local cement mill. After leaving high school, young Besser quickly acquired a working knowledge of cement, concrete, and what were then the un-perfected and balky hand-operated machines used to tamp wet, flexible concrete into solid shapes. He invented his first improvements to his mill shop's concrete-block tamper in 1904, and further improvements created
121-496: Was a worldwide standard term for masonry construction blocks. The Alpena-based Besser Company, which inventor Besser ran for many decades, manufactured these machines and made a fortune for Besser and his family. Concrete block became a feature of worldwide construction solutions in World War II and following years. Commencing in 1964, Besser turned over part of his assets to the newly founded Jesse Besser Museum , now known as
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