History 4, Lesson #89: https://essaybank.home.blog/2020/02/21/history-lesson-90-the-heliocentric-theory-vesalius-%e2%9c%8f%ef%b8%8fand-the-pencil-%e2%9c%8f%ef%b8%8f/ History 5, Lesson #11: https://essaybank.home.blog/2020/09/14/history-lesson-15-2/ These two essays that include the pencil are a two-part story.
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History Lesson #40
Electromechanical Relay Revolver Morse Code Circuit Breaker Electromechanical Relay Joseph Henry had studied electromagnetic properties for a while, and he used this knowledge to invent the first relay. The Electromechanical Relay increased the power of an electric current, and allowed telegrams to travel much farther than just a few miles. Now you could have a …
History Lesson #35
Combine Solar Compass Propeller Mechanical Computer Combine John Hascall left New York to move to Michigan to get started in the farming industry, but he had an issue. He couldn’t harvest all the crops in time. So his neighbor, Hiram Moore, invented the combine to help Hascall finish his harvesting. The combine combines the stages of …
History Lesson #30
Inventions Platform Scale T-Rail Multi-Coil Magnet Mechanical Reaper Platform Scale Thaddeus Fairbanks invented the platform scale in America in 1830. A platform scale is accurate, and it is the kind of scale you might use on the road. If you have ever been to a farmers market or grocery store, they might have platform scales …
History Lesson #25
Microphone Typewriter Braille Sewing Machine Inventions Microphone Charles Wheatstone was the first to invent the microphone, in the form of a cone, which mechanically transfers the sound vibrations into an earpiece so the sound can be heard. Wheatstone then left the study of sound to work on the electric telegraph. After many renovations, some made …
History Lesson #20
Portland Cement Electromagnets Passenger Rail Matches Portland Cement Joseph Aspdin invented and patented Portland Cement, which resembled stone from the Isle of Portland. Portland cement was very strong, so it became one of the most popular versions in the world. Cement was one of the Ingredients of concrete, and concrete became widespread in Europe and …
History lesson #15
Pencil Stethoscope Tunneling Shield Paved Roads Pencil For Information on the pencil from another lesson, click on the link below https://essaybank.home.blog/2020/02/21/history-lesson-90-the-heliocentric-theory-vesalius-%e2%9c%8f%ef%b8%8fand-the-pencil-%e2%9c%8f%ef%b8%8f/ Stethoscope Laennac invented the stethoscope in France while working at a hospital. He got inspiration from watching children playing a game. One would hold a hollow stick to his/her ear, and the other would …
History Lesson #10
Summarize each of the inventions you studied this week and how they impacted history. Vapor-Compression Theory Oliver Evans Percussion Ignition Canning Process Vapor-Compression Theory In the Summer it is hot and that can be uncomfortable for us and it would make food spoil faster than if the food was cold. Oliver Evans (see below) wrote …
🌉History Lesson #5🌉
Inventions Suspension Bridge Fire Hydrant Locomotive Suspension Bridge An early form of the suspension bridge was invented in the middle ages, in the form of vines (and later chains) with wood planks stretched across them. The suspension bridge was improved a lot by James Finley when he invented the modern suspension bridge like in the …