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    he was very interested in mechanics and electricity. As he grew up, he was mesmerized with the hand-cranked telephone Thomas Edison had made and hand-cranked phonograph that Alexander Graham Bell had made. They were his new heroes. Trying for a better life, the Farnsworth family moved from Utah to Idaho. Philo had observed that his parent’s home was wired for electricity! He also scrutinized that the attic contained magazines about magnetism, electricity, radios, and a television, an invention…

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    The Spirit Phone After the carnage of World War I, spiritualism was undergoing a revival, and many people hoped science could provide a means to contact lost loved ones. Edison himself was not a believer and admitted he had no idea if a spirit world even existed. Edison corresponded with British inventor Sir William Crookes, who claimed to have captured images on "spirit photographs." Edison was intrigued. Edison took the idea of the telephone and the telegraph a bit further and announced in…

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    Becoming An Electrician

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    What kind of car does an electrician drive? A Volkswagen (LaffGaff). To be an Electrician all you need is high school diploma, also electricians work in people's homes, on construction sites, in factories, and in electrical utility stations (Career Cruising). They may be required to bend or squat for long periods, in order to work on hard-to-reach wiring. There is always the threat of electrical shocks, but as long as proper safety procedures are followed, the number of accidents will remain…

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    is called "The Philadelphia Experiment". The lab itself was the study of the relationship between the electricity in the lightning and a lightning rod itself. Franklin's theory involved the lightning bolt neutralizing the total or even a piece of the charged storm cloud. The bolt would then send energy to the high lightning rod. In his experiment, the kit was in replacement of the rod. Electricity would then go through the insulated rope and safely to where he was on the ground. The technology…

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    Electroencephalogram

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    Electroencephalogram (EEG) used to measure abnormalities in the brain which related to electrical activity (Fig.1). This measurement tracks and records brain wave patterns by using electrodes are placed on the scalp, and then signals go to a computer to record the results. Abnormal patterns in EEG indicate seizures and other problems [3][6]. The importance reason for using EEG is to diagnose and show seizure disorders. Also EEGs help to help to identify causes of other problems like sleep…

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    Tesla and Edison During the late 1890s the inventions of two great minds, Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison, helped turn electricity from a scientific concept into a household amenity. In this paper, I will review both of these men’s lives, give an overview of their accomplishments, and go over how these accomplishments still have an impact today. Nikola Tesla was born July 10, 1856 in Smiljan, Croatia. A bright child with an almost photographic memory and an aptitude for problem-solving, Tesla…

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    way. They both to me in my opinion were the utmost ingenious people to put forth ideas that no one else would of thought before. If it weren't for them both we won't be holding some of the stuff that we have today, like our phones and instead of electricity something else like candle power. I would love to be an apprentice on their side for either Edison or Tesla because it would have been so facinatincting to see how they created these inventions that are in our life today. Now, Edison was…

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    How Does A Frog Twitch

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    the muscular contractions produced by electricity. Galvani discovered that the frog leg would contract if a scalpel touched the frog’s nerves when the machine was on.
 More comprehensive experiments by Galvani showed that a dead frog’s leg could be made to twitch by electrical stimulation. Galvani also showed that the same twitching could be produced by touching the leg with a copper hook hung from an iron nail. This led him to conclude that the electricity that caused the frog’s legs to twitch…

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    very dependent on electricity. The work they do consist of climbing poles, fixing lines that are down, and replacing old poles. The wages of a regular electrical lineman is 31.19 per hour and there being a minimum of 2,080 hours per year which adds up to about $64,875. Then you have journeyman lineman they make a little more they earn about on average 39.43 per hour which is about $82,014 a year. Being a lineman is very stressful, it requires a lot of late night fixing electricity in a storm.…

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    on the standard of living today. From the time of Edison and Tesla, the use of electricity has been taken to completely different levels and it can be seen all around us. I believe that Nikola Tesla has had a larger impact on the science world than Edison has. Nikola Tesla was born on July 10, 1856 in Smiljan, Croatia. Because his mom was an inventor of household appliances, he began to find an interest in electricity when young. Even though, he was encouraged by his father into priesthood,…

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