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    Alfred Nobel

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    his death his name has brought fame and glory to others. He was born in Stockholm on October 21‚ 1833 but moved to Russia with his parents in 1842‚ where his father made a strong position in engineering industry. He made a lot of money for his invention of landmine‚ but later went bankrupt. Alfred came to Sweden in 1863‚ and started his own study of explosives in his fathers laboratory. He had never been to school or University but he studied privately and by the time he was twenty he became

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    Invent your way to riches

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    financial suc­cess out of your initial ideas can be a complicated and time-consuming pro­cess. But for some‚ the rewards make tine effort well worthwhile. Dr Ruben Rausing‚ inventor of the modern card­board drinks carton‚ made a fortune from his invention‚ and the creators of Trivial Pursuit also became multi-mil­lionaires. However‚ when it comes to inventing‚ a number of difficulties stand in the way. For example‚ obtaining a "patent" can be complicated - a company must be found to develop and market

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    Impact of Technology

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    ancient human created the tools made of stone. They also invented the wheel‚ which is very important to the next centuries. Imagine that there weren’t any invention of wheel. We must give a lot of energy to move our goods from one place to another. Many centuries later‚ there are a lot of important inventions for human’s life‚ such as the invention of telephone. Using it‚ we may communicate through long distances. And the latest technology which has given many changes to the world and is still being

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    latest technologies to cure people with more efficiency and accuracy. LATEST NEWS………In the past destroying tumerous cells without damaging the surroundings and producing side effects was a challenging aim for many doctors. Nevertheless‚ after the invention of infra-red apparatus and the ‘nanoshells’‚ this has become a child’s play. The nanoshells are microscopic silica particles coated with gold that sticks to the cancerous cells. Moreover‚ scanning an unborn baby from the mother’s womb is today a

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    Discoveries and invention of devices are always welcome till us‚ humans‚ find a way to abuse its benefits and be adversely affected by it. This was the case when Wilhelm Roentgen discovered x-ray and within five years. TV was also invented with positive thoughts in mind‚ there would be no national borders‚ education and communication would be worldwide‚ and etc. However‚ we are now trying to overcome its physiological and psychological adverse effects on human beings.  One of the physiological effects

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    The telephone is a remarkable invention. The telephone was the new and improved telegraph‚ of the 18th century (Encyclopedia.com‚ 2000). The telephone‚ believe it or not‚ affected the United States in multiple different ways‚ good and bad. The telephone had ran most to all postal services out of business because people liked calling better than going through the trouble of writing and sending out a letter. Also‚ when it came to private business‚ calling was much better than mailing a letter. But

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    was able to clean 50 pounds of cotton per day‚ which made the cotton trade much more profitable for southern states. However‚ a loophole in the 1793 patent act allowed people to imitate the invention of the cotton gin and call it their own. Due to this loophole‚ Whitney only profited minimally from his invention. All was not lost for Whitney. He finally became wealthy by inventing a way to manufacture muskets with interchangeable parts. Benjamin Thompson was born in 1753 and he was a leading figure

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    The Internet is the most important invention ever (contrasting ideas‚ linking expressions)... Many years ago‚ no one could ever imagine that such a thing as the Internet would be invented. Now‚ life without the Internet for most people is unimaginable. In my opinion‚ every invention has its time‚ and the Internet is the greatest invention of ours.  First‚ the Internet provides an enormous amount of information. Everyone can find all kinds of information on millions of topics. Also‚ people are

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    Arkwright is considered by some historians to be an inventor but others consider him to be a man who used other peoples inventions for his own purposes and that he should be considered more a brilliant business man rather than a pure inventor. He lived in a time when patents were rarely used by inventors - so if someone was not careful with a good invention of theirs‚  that invention or one extremely similar to it‚ could be used by someone else. Arkwight ’invented’ the spinning frame and it was first

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    Sir William Mills was that person. He also invented other things that helped the British during World War I. Sir Williams Mills is an important person in history who had an interesting life‚ accomplished great things‚ and contributed important inventions to the world. William Mills was born on April 24th‚ 1856‚ in Wear Street‚ Southick‚ Sunderland. He was the son of David Mills‚ who was a ship builder‚ and Sarah Ann Kirkaldy. William’s first job was a butcher‚ but he decided to change his job.

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