Fontenelle's Entretiens was a best-selling introduction to astronomy in its day, inspired by Copernicus, Kepler, and others.
Although the original iMac was a huge success, selling six million since its introduction, Mr. Jobs has had other less successful design forays that have won raves from critics and industrial designers but have fallen flat in the marketplace.
The BK Broiler was a rapid hit and within six months of its introduction was selling more than a million units daily system wide.
Men in the focus group, viewing the aging actress, yelled: "What's she doing selling beer?" Even product introductions lagged behind the competition.
Tobacco was also sold after its introduction into England in 1565.
More than 65,000 M28's have been sold since their introduction in late 1998, many of them to chains like Marriott, Four Seasons and Hyatt.
As for Vividus sales, he said guardedly that "more than 15" have sold since the introduction last fall.
Massive numbers of the chairs have been sold since its introduction in 1963, and it remains a major piece of the prestigious Knoll Collection.
If that sounds a tad defensive, it's probably because of the instant success of the multipurpose iPad: 3.3 million units sold since its introduction in April.
Intel, based in Santa Clara, Calif., said more than $5 billion worth of Centrino chips had been sold since their introduction in March 2003.
Its upfront introduction sold its ratings growth in the 18- to 49-year-old demographic and used words like "hilarious," "alive," "sexy," and "unusual" to describe the network.
