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I have three main questions to answer this essay. Here they are: What did you learn? What surprised you? What do you plan on making next? I will also give a brief description of my previous experience with eggs and tea. I found a new beverage that I like besides water, lemonade, fruit juices, and milk. I …
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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 …
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 …
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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 …
My favorite thing to do is go biking with my cousins at the park. We have only done it once, but I think we are planning to do it again soon. We pack all our bikes into the back of the car and go to our state park. Me, my middle brother, my oldest cousin, …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
My Only Vacation My only vacation ever was when my great uncle passed around labor day 2019. It was August 31-September 2. The funeral was the 31st, so we went straight to my great-grandpa’s house where we would spend the 3 days. We got our stuff settled in and went to the funeral. We got …
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