This is an example of parallel invention taking place at the same time across the world. While this guy invented exercise machines in Europe, someone named Kellogg was searching for exercise machines in Michigan. Nothing he came up with caught on, but stumbled upon some ways to process grain and corn into cereal. One of his patients, a man named Post, made a lot of money by stealing his ideas, but Kellogg finally caught on and started a company to sell his own stuff.

This is an example of parallel invention taking place at the same time across the world. While this guy invented exercise machines in Europe, someone named Kellogg was searching for exercise machines in Michigan. Nothing he came up with caught on, but stumbled upon some ways to process grain and corn into cereal. One of his patients, a man named Post, made a lot of money by stealing his ideas, but Kellogg finally caught on and started a company to sell his own stuff.