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    Invention of The Telephone

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    The Invention of the Telephone: The Silver Lining in Communications Outline Thesis: The steps and process to how the invention of the telephone was made and came about. 1. The usage of the Telegraph. a) The telegraph was the form of communication in the 1800s. b) There was a growing demand for more and more messages be sent at once by the device. c) Alexander created the Harmonic Telegraph which led to the invention of the telephone. 2. The process of making The Telephone A. Bell shaped a piece

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    fleeing Americans‚ there could have been a worse time to migrate‚ due to harsh working and living conditions‚ and new immigration restriction laws‚ the many negatives outweigh the positives for the new immigrants. The New Immigrants during the 1880-1920 period typically settled in the cities along the eastern seaboard and entered low-paying‚ wage-labor jobs‚ which meant they filled the growing factories and also worked at other poorly-paid jobs such as construction work or sewing. Because the living

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    sexuality is defined as “sexual activities‚ attitudes‚ and behaviors”(Licht et al. 427). These ideas began to separate from one another most distinctly within the 1920s. The 20’s were a time of change for women as they began exploring more sexual freedom after gaining the right to vote. Several decades later‚ the Sexual Revolution of the 1960’s was made possible by contraceptive pills hitting the market for the first time. Many called this Revolution a sexual liberation for young women‚ but it would

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    Behavioural Approach Behaviourism‚ otherwise known as the behaviourist approach‚ was the key concept in psychology between the 1920s to 1950. Methodology and behavioural analysis were the underlying assumptions on which it was founded on (McLeod‚ 2007). Observable behaviour (i.e. external behaviour) is the basis of behaviourism. This behaviour is unlike thinking and emotion which links to internal events. These events (such as thinking) should be explained through behavioural terms or eliminated

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    and made a mark in history with his brilliant mind. Later in his life he was often attacked through words and ridiculed even through his efforts to save many people. Albert Einstein’s scientific breakthrough of his discoveries and learnings in the 1920s helped him to reach the top of scientific respect and fame. To begin‚ Albert was discouraged and insulted by many of what he could become. Albert Einstein was born on March 14‚ 1879‚ to his parents Hermann and Pauline Einstein. Albert was born

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    Teapot Scandal. The Harding Administration was when Harding appointed his poker friends to his cabinet and they used their power to gain money for themselves and the Teapot Scandal where they profited from secret private oil companies. During the 1920s there was many of illegal activities such as organized crimes caused by prohibition‚ the World Series

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    Invention Of Baseball

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    Abner Doubleday invented the game of baseball. How he became a Civil War hero while baseball was growing in America. But sadly‚ this is not true at all. Doubleday was still involved in the war in West Point‚ and claimed he had nothing to do with the invention of baseball. The story was told around by a former major league player Aj Spalding claiming he got the story from Abner Graves‚ a mining engineer. Later on major league officials talk and rely on the myth and then put it in the Baseball Hall of Fame

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    popular music -- blues‚ jazz‚ and Tin Pan Alley songs -- swept Britain‚ much as British music invaded the United States in the 1960s. American songs such as "Chicago" and "Manhattan" were consistently among the most popular tunes in Britain in the 1920s. As a result of the invasion of American popular music‚ Britain was influenced by such culture. The Beatles and other British rock groups helped create in the 1960s a milieu that emphasized youth‚ exuberance‚ and innovation not only in music but

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    Patentable Inventions

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    ABOUT PATENTS PATENTABLE INVENTIONS         • A Technical Solution to a Problem         • In any field of human activity         • It must be NEW         • It must involve an INVENTIVE STEP         • It must be INDUSTRIALLY APPLICABLE | NON-PATENTABLE INVENTIONS         • Discovery         • Scientific theory         • Mathematical methods         • Scheme‚ rule and method of         • performing mental act          • playing games         • doing business          • program for

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    Inventions of the Renaissance Clocks 
The first mechanical clock was invented in the early 1300’s. With this invention time began to be measured in hours (24 hours equaling a day). Galileo‚ an Italian scientist‚ discovered the pendulum in 1581. The pendulum greatly improved the constant movement of the hands or bell of a clock. The average error with the pendulum varied only by seconds each day. Before this the error was from 10 to 15 minutes a day. During the 1600’s the metallic gear‚ or toothed

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