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 …

Science Lesson #35: Review of Tea and Eggs

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 …

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 #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 …