Bubble Wrap (brand) Chavannes sealed two shower curtains together, creating a smattering of air bubbles, which they originally tried to sell as wallpaper. When the product turned out to be unsuccessful as wallpaper, the team marketed it as greenhouse insulation. Although Bubble Wrap was branded by Sealed Air Corporation (founded by Fielding and Chavannes) in 1960, it was not until a year later that its use in protective usage was discovered. As a packaging material, Bubble Wrap's first client was IBM, which used the product to protect the IBM 1401 computer during shipment. Fielding and Chavannes were inducted into the New Jersey Inventors
The Modification and Instrumentation of a Famous Hornpipe as a Merry and Altogether Sincere Homage to Uncle Alfred in one movement. It is scored for a small ensemble consisting of flute or oboe, clarinet in B-flat, drum, viola, violoncello, and harpsichord. The composition is an arrangement of a popular piece by Purcell, which was used by Purcell in at least two occasions: it was used as a hornpipe in the first music of "The Fairy-Queen", Z 629, prior to the first act, in 1692, and in the incidental music for "Rule a Wife and Have a Wife", Z 587, in a song entitled "There is not a swain", in 1693. Even though the melody is closer to the