Ancient Chinese Inventions and Contributions Strayer University HUM 111- World Culture I 30 May 2013 Introduction China is an exceptional nation that is famous for its ancient invention and contribution to both the past and the current world. Chinese invention and contribution helped greatly in creating jobs‚ engaging in Wars and still contributed to public life. This paper will highlight the top ten ancient Chinese inventions and their importance to people’s daily lives. Eight useful Chinese
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THE GREATEST INVENTION SOARS What invention soars like a bird but is much bigger? An airplane! I bet most of you got that. But this here isn’t a regular invention. It’s the greatest invention. It’s just so amazing. I mean we get a chance to fly. And I bet there’s tons of other ways the airplane is awesome. I’ll share some things about the airplane. First‚ you must know who invented such a fabulous invention. The genius or should I say geniuses who made the airplane were the wright brothers
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THE GREATEST INVENTIONS What is the greatest invention of all time? . There are many different possible world’s greatest inventions because they have all helped out humankind in some way‚ some more than others. I think that the greatest invention of all time is Harnessed Electricity. Some may argue that this was not an invention it was a discovery but although electricity itself was a discovery there was still the invention of had to use it and what it could be used for. I think that electricity
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The mobile phone—world’s best invention On 10th of March‚ 1876 Alexander Graham Bell transmitted the first speech using electricity. From that day forward‚ the telephone system changed every aspect of life. Although it did not immediately change the world‚ it set communication on a path that would change the future of communication. Mobile phones appeared in the early 1980’s and today there are millions in use. Today‚ mobile phones do much more than just allow for voice conversation‚ mobile phones
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The Invention of Paper Try to imagine a life without paper. Even in this era of emails and digital books‚ paper is all around us. Shopping bags‚ paper money‚ store receipts‚ cereal boxes‚ toilet paper‚ etc.‚ prove we use paper in many ways every day. Islamic people helped spread paper to the west‚ where paper started to be produced more and more and finally‚ printed as we know it today. But‚ Before Muslims spread paper into the west; recently‚ archeologist’s extravagated letters written in Sogdian
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operations. Discovered in the ninth century Chinese alchemist developed something with the potential of conquering nations. Gunpowder is used in many weapons throughout history and to this day‚ but one of the first was flying fire. With the simple invention of the gunpowder cannon‚ a totally new type of defense was unearthed. When the devastating power of the cannon was shrunken down into a handheld weapon‚ the course of warfare changed forever. Ancient Chinese alchemist were trying to find a potion
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Airplane 1 Running head: THE INVENTION OF THE AIRPLANE The Invention of The Airplane ENC 1101 Airplane 2 ABSTRACT The invention of airplane was a long process. It took lot of effort and patience. Leonardo Da Vinci did some research in the 1400’s that held the engineering of many gliders done by George Cayley‚ Otto Lilienthal and the Wrights brothers. George Cayley made the first glider capable of carrying a human. Otto Lilienthal marked the beginning of the experimental
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Invention of Lying Henry Wadsworth Longfellow said‚ “Silently‚ one by one‚ in the infinite meadows of heaven‚ blossomed the lovely stars‚ the forget-me-nots of the angels.” There has been a lot of talk about heaven over the years. Many people who have claimed that they know what heaven is like or what we experience when we die. While this can be comforting to some‚ it raises questions of how they could know given the fact that one would have to either be a prophet of God or someone who has actually
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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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INTRODUCTION Hello! Today I am going to talk you about the invention of the refrigerator. I chose this topic because I think we all can’t imagine our lives without food‚ so we also can’t imagine our lives without the refrigerator. I’m going to present you this topic with the help of power point and I really hope that in the end of my presentation you will know something more about refrigerators. The invention of the refrigerator The conveniences we enjoy in our homes are the product
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