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Achievements in the technology of the gilded Age gave the opportunity to scientists throughout the Progressive Era to make new discoveries. For example, in 1878 physicist Albert A. Michelson first measured the speed of light; this later played an important role in Albert Einstein’s 1905 development of the “The Special Theory of Relativity”. In 1907, Albert Michelson became the first Nobel Prize winner from the United States ("Albert A. Michelson"). Among the other significant…

Who was a better inventor LeoNardo DA Vinci or Thomas Edison? It has been long debated on who was a better inventor, Leonardo DA Vinci or Thomas Edison? Thomas Edison might have been a leading inventor in his time, because he created the light bulb but that was really his main achievement. Leonardo DA Vinci was better because he had more inventions, better known for his work, and he was specialized in many lines of inventing. Now you really need to think Thomas Edison was responsible for…

“Thousands of workers from China helped build America’s Transcontinental Railroad” (Lewis). Kenneth Oppel and Kristin Lewis are both authors of two great stories with different aspects of America’s Transcontinental Railroad. Kenneth Oppel is the author of “The Ghost Boy”, a story about a fourteen year old boy named Luke is traveling on a train with his father. He happens to stumble upon a ghost; a victim to the making of the Transcontinental Railroad. Kristen Lewis is the author of an…

“What could it be?” I wondered, my 7 year old hands furiously typing on the keyboard. I had spent the course of several month putting in every password I could think to guess. Why I was doing all of this? To have unlimited access to video games, of course. If I could get the password to my internet, I would be able to play anytime I wanted. I had given so many words to my computer; it was like we were having a conversation. A very shallow and frustrating conversation. “Is it Password123?” I…

Just how significant has technology been throughout the history of western society? I would argue that technology has had a highly significant role in the evolution of western society. There is no doubt that western society as we know it would hardly resemble itself without the many technological advances it went through. Most of these advances made life much easier on the people of the west and the world. That’s not to say that there were no downsides to any of these technological advances.…

Have you ever heard of Samuel Morse? If you have then you know that he was a co-inventor of Morse Code. Morse Code is a systematic way of transmitting information via code and it is sent either from light or from off and on tones. Samuel Morse is known for much more than Morse Code, however. He originally gained his reputation for being a portrait painter and by helping invent the single-wired telegraph. Because of what is being called the Industrial Revolution many new inventions like Morse Code…

Our major inventors were Thomas Edison and Nicola Tesla. Thomas Edison invented the DC light bulb however, Nicola Tesla invented the AC light bulb. Tesla worked under Edison as his apprentice when he was working on the light bulb. While Tesla was under Edison, JP Morgan was trying to find an industry that he could rise from the ground, and that's when he found Edison with electricity and the light bulb. JP Morgan went against everything his successful father ever told him when he took…

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a delusion, Blanche escapes from reality. Which is Blanche’s main problem because, life is not a fantasy. As seen in the play, A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams. Blanche has come to stay with her sister, Stella, and her brother-in-law, Stanley Kowalski in New Orleans after a tragic experience. She comes to Stella in hope of finding help after the death of her husband, Allen Grey. While visiting Stella she, meets Mitch, a man…

established a new company called “Edison Electric Light Company” and finally is 1883 he installed his first light bulb as a company. When he was in his older ages in 1920 he was suffering complications from diabetes. The he ended up dying on October 18,1931. Thomas Edison was an amazing person and did amazing things for America and the world. He invented many good things that help us and also he made things better like he did with the light bulb he didn’t invent it he made it better. He is no…

accomplished school teacher and a major influence on my life. In 1878, i worked on a way to replace the gaslight and candle light on inventing a safe, inexpensive electric light to replace twas a challenge that scientists had been trying to envent a new light for over 50 years.With the help of wealthy J.P Morgan and the Vanderbilt family, I set up the Edison Electric Light Company and began…