The Soyuz rocket is a rocket that is used to get to and from the international space station (ISS). It is a Russian craft, and interesting too. You can read more below. The Soyuz has 3 stages. The outer rocket boosters that fire with the central core, the central core, and the 3rd stage. The …
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History Lesson #85
Ironing Board Internal Combustion Engine Lever-Action Repeating Rifle Twist Drill Ironing Board Before the ironing board, in some countries, a pan full of hot coals was used for ironing. The kitchen table was used to iron on, but this could leave burns on the table, and was not as practical. But then, along came the …
History Lesson #80
Salt and Pepper Shakers John Mason (Inventor of the Mason Jar, as shown in the next section of this essay) invented the salt and pepper shakers in 1858. They were glass with a screw top lid, which had small holes punched in it. It keeps your hand from touching the seasoning, and also helps you …
History Lesson #75
Condensed Milk Sleeping Car Toilet Paper Washing Machine Condensed Milk Gail Borden’s wife died of yellow fever in 1844, and on a trip to London after her death, Gail saw children die from drinking milk from a cow infected with the same disease his wife died of. Borden was determined to invent a way to …
History Lesson #70
Elevator Elisha Otis invented the safety elevator while working at a factory and needing to get wood scraps to the top of it. Look at the picture above. It is Elisha Otis’ original patent for the elevator, plus a few marks I added to it to help you understand it a little better. The safety …
History Lesson #65
Jackhammer Pin-Tumbler Lock Safety Pin Gyroscopes Jackhammer The jackhammer was originally steam powered, but this could not be used in mining, as the steam engine needed to power it could not operate under ground. So the inventor’s, Jonathan Couch’s, assistant, Joseph Fowle, invented a variation of the jackhammer that ran by compressed air. It works by …
History Lesson #60
Rotary Printing Press Kerosene Antiseptics Gas Mask Rotary Printing Press The printing press‘ use had already spread and was being used worldwide. Improvements on Gutenberg’s invention included adding a handle, and replacing the wood frame with an iron one. Richard Hoe had lots of experience with the printing press. Hoe invented the rotary printing press …
History Lesson #55
Ether Fax Machine Iron Steam Ship Ice Cream Maker Ether Before ether, surgery was so painful, people would sometimes rather die than deal with it. Crawford Long rediscovered ether as an anesthetic (a drug used to lower pain in surgery). Ether is a chemical that makes people forget an injury if it is inhaled before …
History Lesson #50
Electric Clock Blueprints Stapler Grain Elevator Electric Clock Clocksmith Alexander Bain took electromagnetism and added it to timekeeping industry, in addition to the so many other professions it already was a part of, coming out with the electric clock. He patented the electric clock and took it to Charles Wheatstone to see if Wheatstone would …
History Lesson #45
Steel Plow Steam Shovel Postage Stamp Vulcanized Rubber Steel Plow When American settlers moved to the Great Plains, they found that the heavy iron plow of Europe would not work because the soil of the plains would stick to the plow. John Deere saw this problem, and went to work experimenting with different polished metals …