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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How the Potato Changed the World In today’s world the potato is the fifth most vital crop universal‚ it follows wheat‚ corn‚ rice and sugar cane. However in the 18th century the potato was an amazing novelty‚ part of a global environmental fit started by Christopher Columbus. Roughly 250 million years ago‚ the world consisted of a single giant landmass now known as Pangaea. Physical forces broke Pangaea separately‚ creating the continents and hemispheres well-known today. Over the eons
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The Invention of Jay Gatsby Mckenzie Hart 03.03.05 "It was a testimony to the romantic speculation that he inspired that there were whispers about him from those who had found little that is was necessary to whisper about in this world." (48) States the narrator‚ illustrating the attractiveness to attention and gossip of a party host. The quote comments on a conversation of two woman gossiping about the mysterious host named Gatsby. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book The Great Gatsby‚ a young
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like no other before her‚ her name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. She changed her name to Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa was dedicated to taking care of the poor and helping the needy and She devoted her life to taking care of the sick and anyone who needed love. Through her compassion and care‚ Mother Theresa had a great and lasting influence on the world around her. After she opened Missionaries of charitys‚15 others opened around the world. All that which is apparent in the book "Mother Teresa‚ A Complete
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have. If I could create anything in the world‚ I would pawn the invention of a machine that had the capability to filter and cleanse any scale of water at any given moment immediately. Now many people will say that I should create something beneficial to myself‚ such as a time machine‚ or a teleportation device of some sort. But one of the major benefits of this machine is that not only does it benefit every person individually‚ but it benefits our entire world on a grander scale. One of the key elements
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Many of us have probably heard about how 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
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According to Wikipedia‚ an invention is a new form‚ composition of matter‚ device‚ or process. When the Internet was introduced it created a free-flowing stream of information through out the world. It has established a boundless. The World Wide Web has established a new spectrum of opportunity that has become one of the greatest tools to society. Today‚ the Internet provides resources and services such as e-mail‚ online libraries‚ financial tools‚ and more. Many businesses rely on the Internet’s
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The 1920’s brought new inventions‚ a new economy‚ a new culture‚ new threats‚ and new laws which all influenced the nickname of the Roaring Twenties. The invention of the assembly line by Henry Ford in 1913 began the automobile industry in America leading to a boom in the industrial industries. The moving assembly line became a standard for most American factories allowing mass production of products including cars‚ appliances‚ furniture‚ and clothing. With the inventions of the electric motor‚ washing
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The invention of the automobile was a historical achievement that completely transformed human civilization. This is why cars have had a greater effect on society than airplanes have. Not only have cars enabled people to relocate with ease‚ but they are also used on a much more regular basis. First of all‚ cars have had a greater effect on society than airplanes because cars have allowed so many more people to relocate to other geographical regions. In other words‚ most people do not spend their
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Holocaust & How It Changed Our World Forever The tragic events that occurred during world war two and the holocaust were not only horrific but also morally wrong. The Jewish culture was targeted for mass genocide‚ by the hand of a mad-man bent on world domination‚ and the only way to prevent another incident like this from happening again‚ is to thoroughly educate the public. The actions and events that Hitler and his followers proposed not only helped the world realize the extent of
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