{"product_id":"0765023050301","title":"Math Dash","description":"Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Engineers From Wisconsin, Lloyd Berkner, Otto Julius Zobel, Leroy Chiao, Carl Kiekhaefer, Frederick C. Finkle, George Harold Brown, Ernst Guillemin, Richard V. Rhode, William S. Harley, Michael Dhuey, James Barney Marsh, Joseph Zimmermann, Jeremiah Burnham Tainter. Excerpt: Elmer Carl Kiekhaefer (June 4, 1906 - October 5, 1983) was the owner of Kiekhaefer Marine (later Mercury Marine ), and also a two-time NASCAR championship car owner.Kiekhaefer Mercury founder Main article: Mercury Marine Kiekhaefer was born on June 4, 1906, in Mequon, Wisconsin , to Arnold and Clara Wessel Kiekhaefer. After graduating from Cedarburg High School , Kiekhaefer spent one year attending the Milwaukee School of Engineering , and later took extension courses from the University of Wisconsin that prepared him for a career in electrical engineering. He was a young engineer right out of college when he received his first of his over 200 patents. He purchased an outboard motor manufacturing company in Cedarburg, Wisconsin in 1939, intending to make magnetic separators for the area's dairy industry. The company had 300 defective motors, which he rebuilt and sold to catalog company Montgomery Ward . Orders kept coming for the motors, and Kiekhaefer Corporation was born.World War Two During World War Two the Kiekhaefer corporation manufactured small two-cylinder \"Drone Motors\" that were used for target Aircraft. Since there were no computer simulators during World War Two, actual small aircraft were used as target practice to teach Anti-Aircraft gunners how to shoot down planes. These small two-stroke engines were perfect for this role.A full shot of the Kiekhaefer drone motor.Kiekhaefer corporation tag.NASCAR owner Kiekhaefer decided to use car racing to promote his now profitable boat motor company. He ...","brand":"Learning Resources","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47061172781296,"sku":"0765023050301","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/0765023050301_p0.jpg?v=1763856195","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/0765023050301","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}