Thomas Midgley Jr., the brilliant inventor who made two of history’s biggest mistakes: leaded gasoline and the first commercial use of chlorofluorocarbons
It was said that Thomas Midgley Jr. had the finest lawn in America. Golf-club chairmen from across the Midwest would visit his estate on the outskirts of Columbus, Ohio, purely to admire the grounds; the Scott Seed Company eventually put an image of Midgley’s lawn on its letterhead. Midgley cultivated his acres of grass with the same compu...
