’’To invent‚’’ Thomas Edison said‚ ’’you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.’’ Thomas Edison patented 1‚093 of his inventions‚ which transformed the United States into an enormous and influential industrial power. He is the driving force behind major inventions like the phonograph‚ akaline storage batteries‚ the carbon transmitter‚ the incandescent light bulb‚ and the Kinetograph. The first motion picture‚ shot by the Kinetograph‚ not only changed entertainment for decades to come‚ but
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the invention‚ that means to produce tickets with numbers. That was to be their business. They were to produce and sell a commodity‚ the object of the invention being to produce that commodity more cheaply than had been done before. It was an old commodity‚ an old product‚ but had not been produced in the same manner before. The object of the company‚ therefore‚ was to sell the old product at a lower price than the price at which it could be produced by the modes in use before this invention was
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The first telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell on March 10‚ 1876. The first words ever transmitted to another person through the telephone was “Mr. Watson‚ come here‚ I want you.”. This was the start of something huge in the future. The telephone’s cause can be described by the inventor and his reasons. The effects can be described by the outcome and todays uses of the telephone. Bell came to the U.S. as a teacher for the death‚ and considered the idea of electronic speech while visiting
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led to an increase in innovation exponentially and in the long run the U.S. has become the mecca of innovation in the fields of science‚ manufacturing‚ and technology. In this case‚ the principle of “acting to bring about the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest amount of people” does apply because the granting of patents‚ as in the case of Photoshop‚ encouraged
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Garrett Morgan The African American pioneer inventor of the 1870’s‚ Garrett Morgan‚ was responsible for the life-saving inventions such as the traffic light and gas mask. During his entrepreneurship‚ Garrett just happened to have stumbled across some of his inventions. In this informational essay‚ we will learn about Garrett Morgan’s life and achievements . Garrett Morgan was born on March 4‚ 1877 in Paris‚ Kentucky. He was the son of Elizabeth and Sydney Morgan. He was also the 7th of 11 children
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hearing when a man pulled him by the ear to get him to a moving train. Another story and a very popular one is that there was a small explosion which led him to lose his hearing. Despite all of that he was a great scientist with great creations and inventions. He was very hard working and very ambitious as the history shows us. He was so creative and innovative that he invented a new telegraphic device by the age of approximately 21 years old and that is a very young age to create in. Also‚ he was working
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Thomas Edison is known as one of the greatest inventors of his time. As a young boy‚ no one ever taught him anything; he taught himself. He wouldn’t give up even when the task seemed impossible. He introduced many important inventions to the world that impact us in our everyday lives. In 1877 Edison filed a patent for the phonograph‚ his most original invention (Josephson 164). The phonograph had many uses including letter writing‚ playing music‚ telling time‚ and educational purposes; it was originally
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The compass‚ steel‚ paper‚ the printing press‚ and the kite are all inventions from Ancient China. All of these inventions have a huge impact on the world today. Ancient China has had many inventions that have impacted and changed the world. The invention that has the greatest impact is gunpowder. Gunpowder was made by accident by Chinese alchemists were trying to find the elixir of life. They discovered it when they mixed sulfur‚ charcoal‚ and potassium nitrate. The Chinese started to use gunpowder
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modern world. They invented many things that are still in use today. There are very important contributions like paper‚ tea‚ process of printing‚ the water clock‚ the sundial‚ the chain pump and medicines based on herb and minerals. The greatest Chinese invention is the development of iron and steel. The development of iron and steel led to other advances. In the 4th century the Chinese had developed blast furnaces to obtain cast iron from iron ore. The Chinese had access to large amounts of clay;
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photographic memory and capture the picture in their head. The Brassiere was issued a U.S. patent in 1914. Women needed a design that would comfortably support their breasts and fit in with the current fashions. The Brassiere had improved the invention of the corset by Catherin de Medicis‚ the wife of King Henri II. The Brassiere definitely benefited the ladies‚ now having a safer design to hold their breasts and not damage their internal organs completely. If the brassiere was not invented‚ I
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