The automobile is an invention that allows people to travel faster. It was built by Karl Benz, a German engine designer, and automobile engineer. He built it in 1885. it somehow made its way to the U.S. At first people did not think of them as anything useful; they were more like toys. It was unreliable and expensive. Henry Ford improved the machines and lowered the cost. Eventually, they saw its use and began to like it. This is a great machine, it has great use. It allows traveling to become easier. It can be used to drive to work on business days and to recreation destinations on weekends and holidays. Furthermore, it can help to solve some everyday problems like moving personal belongings when a person changes his or her place of living.
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He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. He was born February 11, 1847, Milan, Ohio. He died on October 18, 1931, West Orange, NJ. His mother Nancy Edison was a school teacher and his father Samuel Edison an exiled political activist. As a young child, Thomas got scarlet fever, as well as ear infections. It left him with hearing difficulties in both ears. He lost his hearing due to a train incident where his ears were injured. In 1854, the family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, where Edison attended public school for 12 weeks. His teacher thought he was a “difficult” child. At age 11, he showed a rapacious appetite for knowledge. He read books on a wide range of subjects. Because of this, he learned for self-education and independent learning. At the age of twelve, he wrote a newspaper called the Grand Trunk Herald and sold it along the Grand Trunk Railroad line. He used his access to the railroad to conduct chemical experiments in a train baggage car. It created a fire and the conductor struck Thomas on the side of the head. This may have furthered his hearing loss. He was kicked off the stations. He saved a 3-year-old from being run over by an errant train, the child’s father was grateful. He rewarded him by teaching him to operate a telegraph. So by age 15 he was able to work
He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. He was born February 11, 1847, Milan, Ohio. He died on October 18, 1931, West Orange, NJ. His mother Nancy Edison was a school teacher and his father Samuel Edison an exiled political activist. As a young child, Thomas got scarlet fever, as well as ear infections. It left him with hearing difficulties in both ears. He lost his hearing due to a train incident where his ears were injured. In 1854, the family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, where Edison attended public school for 12 weeks. His teacher thought he was a “difficult” child. At age 11, he showed a rapacious appetite for knowledge. He read books on a wide range of subjects. Because of this, he learned for self-education and independent learning. At the age of twelve, he wrote a newspaper called the Grand Trunk Herald and sold it along the Grand Trunk Railroad line. He used his access to the railroad to conduct chemical experiments in a train baggage car. It created a fire and the conductor struck Thomas on the side of the head. This may have furthered his hearing loss. He was kicked off the stations. He saved a 3-year-old from being run over by an errant train, the child’s father was grateful. He rewarded him by teaching him to operate a telegraph. So by age 15 he was able to work