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    Eli Whitney was an American inventor. He had a nickname which as “the father of American technology” He was most known for the two inventions he made. They were the key to the Industrial Revolution. The inventions were accountable for mass industrial production that is still used today. During the Industrial Revolution there were many inventions that were assembled to improve the lives of countless people. The cotton gin and interchangeable parts made Eli Whitney one of the most magnificent inventors

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    Was Andrew Carnegie a Hero? Was he a hero like batman‚ a villain like the joker or a little bit of both? Andrew Carnegie was born in November in 1835 in Dunfermile Scotland into a very poor family. His mother gave birth to him in their attic and he attended a one room school house with 150 students before they moved to America. So‚ the question is was Andrew Carnegie a hero? My definition of a hero is someone who has courage integrity and concern for others. I think There are Two Sides to Every Hero

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    The Telegraph Telegraphs have been long forgotten but never forget that it was a foundation for every communication device used today. Although telegraphs are no longer used today‚ the contrivance used to compose the telegraph guided the development of telephones‚ television‚ and many other electronic based devices. Telegrams were sent to communicate transversely throughout the world and forever changed the way electricity was used. Before this invention‚ a simple letter or semaphore would have

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    Glow Sticks Since being invented some 25 years ago the glow sticks we as children have grown up with are still the partying craze at rave events and darkly illuminated venues that need that little kick of hand held lights. The principal on which glow sticks work to an everyday person is almost supernatural‚ but in fact the technology used to make it and the way it works is actually very simple indeed. But how does a light stick give off such a strong light source with no bulb and no battery

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    For my research paper I chose Garrett Morgan‚ I chose this person because we had a list of people to chose from and we had the same name so I thought I should pick him to learn about. Garrett Morgan was born in Paris on March 4‚ 1877 and died on July 27‚1963 at the age of 86. Growing up‚ most of his teenage years were spent as a working man for a Cincinnati landowner. He also had to quit school in order to work full-time for his job. In 1895‚ he moved to Cleveland‚ Ohio‚ where he began

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    Nikola Tesla Biography

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    BIOGRAPHY OF NIKOLA TESLA 1994 Brotherhood of Life‚ Inc.‚ 110 Dartmouth‚ SE‚ Albuquerque‚ New Mexico 87106 USA "SPECTACULAR" is a mild word for describing the strange experiment with life that comprises the story of Nikola Tesla‚ and "amazing" fails to do adequate justice to the results that burst from his experiences like an exploding rocket. It is the story of the dazzling scintillations of a superman who created a new world; it is a story that condemns woman as an anchor of the flesh which

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    Lava Lamp Research Paper

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    Have you ever seen how beautiful a lava lamp can be with all of the different colors it can have? I’ve always wondered what kind of material a lava lamp contains inside to get its color and what those floating blobs is made out of! Since I was a young kid‚ I’ve always had a lava lamp in my room just because it is amazing to look at. In this journal‚ I will explore exactly what is inside of a lava lamp that makes people like me attracted to it. Did you know the real name of the lava lamp is called

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    Aside from Benjamin Franklin‚ Oliver Evans could perhaps be considered as one of the most prolific inventors in American history. Throughout his life‚ Evans would go on to invent vapor compression refrigeration‚ various textile machinery‚ and perhaps his longest lasting invention‚ the high-pressure steam engine. His design would be used in locomotives that would become crucial to both the American and global Industrial Revolutions. Evans was born in 1755. Coincidentally‚ this was the same year

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    There are many people in the world who are influential. These people impact the world in a positive way by following their dreams of inventing‚ their effort to achieve ‚ and their dedication‚ An individual that shows these traits would be the first person to invent the loudspeaker‚ Peter L Jensen. Peter L Jensen is influential because of his inventions‚ his ability to entertain‚ and his dedication. Some of Peter L Jensen’s accomplishments were the Telegraphone‚ the Loudspeaker‚ and the anti-noise

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    This is the inventor i chose for this project i chose him because the inventions he made are interesting. Some stuff he made is the milling machine and the cotton gin. I found this interesting because without the cotton gin we will have clothes like today and the milling machine is useful to make really important stuff for the world. But the main product of this project is the milling machine. I chose this inventions because i actually like using that machine. Eli Whitney is an American inventor

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