technological advancements significantly improved and innovative construction techniques surfaced‚ surprise attacks became more common that often caused a reputable amount of destruction to occur. While initial battles were mostly land-based‚ the invention of the submarine provided a new source for stealth and power as opponents often found difficulty providing defense and counterattacks to the underwater vessel. Not only do submarines allow for commanding
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charismatic Ferris Bueller once said‚ “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in awhile‚ you could miss it.” Right now I am making many choices that could influence my life forever. That is a lot for an 17-year-old to take on. However‚ In 30 years I will most likely be in the same boat as my parents. I’ll probably be trying to send my children through college‚ and making sure they have everything they need to make it in the world. However‚ what about my life then? Will I consider
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In 1880‚ Thomas Alva Edison invented the incandescent light bulb and patented it. It’s an invention that has been around since the 1800’s. This invention has significantly‚ affected society by allowing the world to create a comfortable safe environment. Edison had come up with a 16-watt bulb that lasted for over 1‚500 hours. Edison’s light bulb needed improvements‚ and those improvements are the reason we have light bulbs today. The light bulb was invented by using a low current electricity‚ a
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just read a book. Or instead of heating food up in a microwave‚ a man just heated it up on a stove. Or even life without a computer. It sure would be hard to imagine living like that‚ wouldn’t it? Well that’s what life would be like today without inventions from the 1940’s. Color TV‚ LEGOs‚ Microwaves and many other things that mankind uses today were invented in the 1940’s. Some of these things had great effects on mankind‚ some of them not. There were a lot of things that were invented in the 1940’s
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mathematics and astronomy; they even developed a writing system. The early Mesopotamian civilization was known for inventing the first 30-day lunar calendar. Using the phases of the Moon‚ they counted 12 lunar months as a year. Moreover‚ Mesopotamians first observed a seven-day week. The invention of the calendar was a remarkable contribution that later had a major influence on our modern calendar. The Mesopotamians also developed mathematics to a very advanced level and created the sexagesimal system for
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Speech Outline Purpose: At the end of my speech‚ the audience will be able to see how far technology has come and be informed of how it has changed our lives. Intro: Imagine for a moment that you’re in the 1900s. You wake up and go to check your phone. What you pick up is not your iPhone‚ Samsung Galaxy‚ or even a smart phone. You stare at it puzzled‚ because it resembles a brick and looks like a dinosaur to you. Well what you just grasped was not the kind of cell phone you’re used to‚ it
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Almost 90 years ago‚ the invention of television began with the story of 11 year-old boy‚ Philo Farnsworth. Unlike other boy‚ he was the smartest one and started developing his talent‚ especial in electricity‚ very early in his life. First of all‚ he was the first member in his family who discovered the electricity while they were traveling to find the new home. And in this land‚ he had a chance to get involved with every electric machine that he had known only from the books. In the new home‚ he
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significant effects on the development of the Americas such as‚ revolutionizing the way people worked through new inventions‚ providing the economic base required for professions and population to grow‚ and allowing the middle and lower classes to emerge and prosper. The transition into a more industrial based society first started in England‚
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The telegraph changed how people communicated across long distances. Before this invention‚ people used drumbeats and smoke signals to provide information to other nearby villages. Weather and distance made it difficult to communicate. Someone could read the symbols by looking through a telescope. People needed a better method to communicate and this is where the telegraph comes in. The person who invented the telegraph was Samuel Morse. He was born in Charlestown‚ Massachusetts on April 27‚
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to find positions‚ direction or route. No one knows when‚ where‚ or by whom the compass was invented (dEstaing and Young 153). We do know though‚ that there were numerous inventors of the compass. The first compass was invented about two thousand years ago by the Chinese. It was discovered by Luan Te‚ a Chinese magician. He had a board game similar to chess in which one of the game pieces was a spoon. When he emptied the metal laying pieces onto the board the spoon would spin around until the handle
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