American inventors

document that justified what they were actually fighting for America was in a civil war. No American document besides the Declaration of Independence has created such an impact in government and society, but were the arguments actually valid? Many political statements contain small grains of truths that become skewed. To understand the document…

without these two inventors first. Enstine needs help and can't do everything by himself. “Albert A. Michelson helped him Albert Einstein in some of his inventions” (trefil). Einstein lived b this because it wasn't just…

thank this great inventor because he was responsible for the creation of the microscope. The textbook states that “he investigated everything under his microscope… [he] realized that the world was teeming with microorganisms he called ‘little animals’” (Benton et al. 118). This is a major contribution from the field of science because it contributed to the many diseases found and are continually being found in the world today. Due to this great invention, other scientific inventors collaborated…

Robert Fulton was an American engineer and inventor in the 1800s. He is best known for successfully creating the commercial steamboat, “The North River Steamboat of Clermont.” What some do not know, is that he was also a painter, a canal engineer, a philosopher. Although Robert Fulton did not invent the steamboat, his participation in developing new machines for naval warfare was more significant than his involvement with “The North River Steamboat of Clermont.” In fact, some may say that he was…

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin When thinking about Benjamin Franklin the first thing that comes to mind is a man flying a kite with the key at the end of it, trying to discover electricity. He was best known as a founding father, inventor, scientist, politician, author, and a printer in his lifetime. He became so well rounded due to reading books from philosophers and reading about humanism. Understanding his accomplishments and how he lived his life are what were captured in his…

publisher of a newspaper. He was also very involved in the community in 1730 he helped set up many organizations, including a lending library, a fire company and a police patrol. He went on to getting a job in politics later in life. In his career as an inventor, he studie electricity, ocean currents, meteorology, causes of the common cold and refrigeration. He invented the Franklin Stove and that was a good invention because it was more efficient. In 1740 he conducted some experiments and…

In the 21th century, as an African American male or female, beauty and physical appearance play an important role in how society views us as a race; many are judged for these reasons and especially their choice of hairstyle. For example, in 2013 a KTBS 3 News anchor named Rhonda Lee was fired from her position after defending her natural hair on the station’s Facebook’s page. According to TV2WEEK.COM, in the year of 2013 the average commercial advertisement time during one hour of television…

best known as one of the leading figures in early American history. Born into to a humble family, Franklin took his limited formal education and devoted his life to finding and sharing “useful information”. Not only did he keep up with technology trends from his childhood, he also organized groups of intellectuals and philosophers. One of these groups are best known today as the “Founding Fathers”. Together seven prestigious men structured the American government as we know today and left a mark…

After the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jane Elliott wanted to teach her young students about discrimination and its effects after watching days of news commentary in where white men described black Americans as “those people” and “those communities,” as if black Americans were not a part of America. most of Elliott's 8-year-old students were like her, born and raised in a small town in Iowa, and were not exposed to black people outside of television, she felt that simply talking about…

combination of various traits and characteristics that pleases the aesthetic sense. The history of African-American hair plays an influential role in what is viewed as “good hair” in society. ”Good hair” can be shown through the cultural history of the group itself, the history of resources available, and lastly how the hair is maintained as of today. The treatment of African-Americans beginning in the six-teenth century was horrific and played an enormous role in how their hair is…