Case Study: Inventory Drake Radio got its start during World War I by manufacturing radio communications equipment for the military. By the start of World War II‚ Drake was one of the largest suppliers of military communications equipment. Using its technology and experience gained from manufacturing military communications equipment‚ Drake became known as one of the best producers of amateur radio equipment. Drake especially excelled with its single sideband radios and its two-meter radios for
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Who? Who is responsible for inventing the invention? A series of inventors helped to improve/create the lightbulb as we know it today. The first man to ever demonstrate that you can produce light in a controllable way using incandescence (heating a filament using electricity) was Ebenezer Kinnersley. He did this in 1761. Humphry Davy used a gigantic battery to light up a platinum filament in 1802. In 1835‚ James Bowman Lindsay showed the public a constant electric light at a meeting in Dundee
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Miami but a failed mom When she had good idea‚ she told daughter. Daughter was in her room writing poems Daughter wants a typewriter Mom shows another crazy invention to daughter.. Can opened on car bumper daughter can’t guess what it is Daughters don’t encourage mom and she always ends up throwing it away.. They. Don’t like her inventions because they are trying to fit in when they stand so far out and she’s trying to make American moms lives easier.. Arming enemy against daughters Mom startles
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Throughout history‚ there have been many technological advancements. During the late 19th century‚ or "The Age of the Machine‚" there have been many new inventions. One of these inventions include the typewriter. The typewriter was patented by Christopher Latham Sholes in 1868. Sholes is known as the first creator of the typewriter‚ while in fact‚ many before him have tried to accomplish that goal. Christopher Sholes was born in Mooresburg‚ Pennsylvania in 1918. He grew up in and went to school
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SCIENTIFIC INVENTION ASSEMBLY LINE: Primitive assembly line production was first used in 1901 by Ran some Eli Olds (1864-1950)‚ an early car-maker (he manufactured the Oldsmobile‚ the first commercially successful American car). Henry Ford (1863-1947) used the first conveyor belt-based assembly-line in his car factory in 1913-14 in Ford’s Highland Park‚ Michigan plant. This type of production greatly reduced the amount of time taken to put each car together (93 minutes for a Model T) from its
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John Fitch was a great inventor and his ideas helped us today. He also was a clockmaker and bronze smith. He invented the first steamboat and the steam locomotive railway. Here are some facts on John Fitch inventions. John Fitch was born in Windsor‚ Connecticut on a farm. This farm is part of present day South Windsor‚ Connecticut. He had schooling from a clockmaker. Opened a brass and silversmith business in Trenton‚ New Jersey and succeeded until the American Revolution. In addition‚ he served
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Thomas Jefferson as an Inventor Thomas Jefferson was both an innovator and an inventor. The late 1700’s were when his inventing became recognized. During this time periods he designed and built eleven different machines and tools in order to make a better use of his time and for practicality in his world. He developed a new plow to aid in his farming and a crude copying machine so that he could make many copies quickly of the letters‚ which he wished to write. His inventions can be placed into four
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Top 10 Inventions in America • A clothes hanger‚ or coat hanger‚ is a device in the shape of human shoulders designed to facilitate the hanging of a coat‚ jacket‚ sweater‚ shirt‚ blouse or dress in a manner that prevents wrinkles‚ with a lower bar for the hanging of pants. Invented by albert park house in 1903. • Air-conditioning is mechanism designed to extract heat from an occupied space air temperature using a refrigeration cycle. It was made in 1902 by Willis Haviland Carrier. http://www
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one of the most famous women inventors of the 20th century. The impetus for Graham’s breakthrough came as she observed painters decorating the bank windows for the holidays. Rather than remove their mistakes entirely‚ the painters simply covered any imperfections with an additional layer. The quick-thinking Graham mimicked their technique by using a white‚ water-based tempera paint to cover her typing errors. When the other secretaries realized how well the invention worked‚ they flooded Graham
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African American Inventor Patricia Bath Dr. Patricia Bath‚ an Ophthalmological Surgeon‚ inventor‚ and activist for patient’s rights‚ was born November4‚ 1942 in Harlem‚ New York. She is the daughter of Rupert Bath‚ who was an educated and well travel merchant seaman and Gladys Bath‚ who was a homemaker and housecleaner. Dr. Bath had a passion for books‚ travel and science. She was good in biology‚ which showed in high school when she became editor of the Charles Evans Hugh School’s science paper
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