business world in general. It is believed that the camera was invented during the early 1500’s. The first unsophisticated camera was called the camera obscura. Artists were the only people who used the camera as a tool to help them sketch scenery (Bellis). The camera obscura was seen as a drawing tool for a clearer and realistic portrayal of objects. It was in the early 19th century that an invention named the Camera Lucida was introduced by Cambridge Scientist William Hyde Wollaston that consisted
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investment cost as attached to the memo is 12 million sterling pounds. The analysis on the net present value of both the situations will be carried out to determine the impact of carrying out the erosion. The case presented here reflects two scenarios (Belli‚ Anderson‚ Barnum‚ Dixon and Tan‚ 2001). The first scenario involves the
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Brookhaven National Laboratory oscilloscope. In 1962‚ Steve Russell invented “Space War”. “Space War‚” was the first game intended for computer use. Russell used a MIT PDP-1 mainframe computer to design his game (Bellis). In 1967‚ Ralph Baer wrote the first video game played on a
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method to increase the growth rate of the antibiotic. Thanks to them‚ the price per dose was decreased making it easier for people to purchase. This cutback on price made it accessible for middle class people to get a hold of this life saving medicine (Bellis 123-124). This monumental miracle medicine has become an immense part of history and still continues to impact us. From its double discoveries to its variety of experiments‚ penicillin has come a long way. Even to this day lives are being saved from
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and Union: Ford Motor Company The Ford Motor Company was established by Henry Ford in Dearborn‚ Michigan‚ in 1903 (Bellis‚ 2012). With the use of the first assembly line‚ Ford became known for the development of mass production. Henry Ford gained notoriety by shortening the workday of his employees‚ paying his workers high wages and believing unionization was not necessary (Bellis‚ 2012). On June 20th 1941 the Ford Motor Company signed its first contract with the United Automobile Workers of America
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References: Bellis‚ M. The History of Computers. Retrieved Mar. 03‚ 2005‚ from About.com web site: http://www.inventors.about.com/library/blcoindex.htm. Hoff‚ T. Fascinating Facts about the Invention of the Microprocessor. Retreived Feb 28‚ 2005‚ from Idea Finder web
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Cited: Baldwin‚ Neil. Edison: Inventing the Century. University of Chicago Press‚ 2001 Beals‚ Gerald. Thomas Edison. Biography. June‚ 1999. http://www.thomasedison.com/biography.html Bellis‚ Mary. “The Inventions of Thomas Edison.” “The Life of Thomas Edison.” http://inventors.about.com/od/estartinventors/a/Thomas_Edison.htm Guthridge‚ Sue. Thomas Edison: Young Inventor. Aladdin Publishing. October 1986 Israel‚ Paul. Edison: A life of
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it was officially released in 1994 (Bellis). My father had the first Playstation‚ and thought it the best thing that could have ever been released. To keep up with the latest technology of online gaming and DVDs‚ in October of 2000‚ Sony came out with the upgraded version of Playstation; the Playstation 2. This upgraded console not only plays the CD-ROM games‚ but it also plays DVDs‚ CDs‚ and the feature of online gaming was introduced. The PS2
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part in the war efforts by inventing a “defense calculator” to help with the needed policing in Korea. Not only did the computer succeed in aiding the war‚ but it also succeeded commercially because it was also created for other general purposes (Bellis). As stated previously‚ Thomas J. Watson‚ Jr. stated that this computer was at the time “the most advanced‚ most flexible high-speed computer in the world" (IBM). These qualities made the invention of this computer very significant during this
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No matter how my hair looked I was always jealous of the next persons “perfect” hair. At a young age I had a meltdown about my hair getting darker. A lady that is like my grandmother‚ CiCi‚ who was always super tan with perfect blonde hair told me she had a way to solve my issue. She told me that when I get older she knew how to fix my dark blonde hair with a little coloring. At that age I didn’t know anything about dying hair I couldn’t
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