Incandescent light bulb

According to Science Buddies Staffs, “Take a Musical Step Back in Time: Make Your Own Phonograph From Everyday Items,” in the year 1877, Thomas Edison successfully built the phonograph. The phonograph, back then consisted of turning a cylinder wrapped with paraffin paper or tinfoil, a needle, and horn. The use of a phonograph was to first connect the stylus(needle) to the paper or tinfoil, then yell into the horn while spinning the diaphragm, this results in indentions in the paper, after that…

set of dashes, dots, and lines took minutes maybe hours and just as long to write another and tap the transmission key according to each letter in your message. The telegraph improved communication systems during the Industrial Revolution, gave a light to inventors, looking for new ways to communicate, and has impacted us in today’s society. The telegraph was developed in the 1830s and 1840s by Samuel Morse, assisted by Alfred Vail. Two inventions helped Morse propel his invention to success.…

Without his work on the light bulb “it was unreliable, expensive, and short lived”(Thomas Edison’s most famous inventions). This is a big improved technology because most everything today involves lighting. There is lighting in homes, cars, boats, planes, and many more. The point…

Thomas Edison is another man who has overcome physical difficulties in his lifetime. He was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio, and had six siblings. At a young age, Tom suffered from Scarlet Fever, and had frequent ear infections that left him with bad hearing. In 1854, the Edisons moved to Port Huron in Michigan. Tom attended a school there for about three months. Tom being hyperactive resulted in his teacher saying he was difficult. He was then home schooled by his mother who was a…

glass is separated at the time of its disposal and how important this process is. According to the Springfield Materials Recycling Facility of Massachusetts “The energy saved from recycling one glass bottle can run a 100-watt light bulb for four hours or a compact fluorescent bulb for 20 hours. It also causes 20% less air pollution and 50% less water pollution than when a new bottle is made from raw materials” (MRF). It is absolutely a valid reason for me to pay even more attention to the way I…

Lee de Forest, also known as ‘Father of Radio Broadcasting’ and some of his peers were one of the first people to send a public radio broadcast, the broadcast was sent from the Eiffel Tower. The radio is the single best invention out of all the inventions our class discussed. Firstly, the radio gave us communication for when satisfactory moment happen or when dissatisfactory events happens. The radio saved countless lives when people were in life threatening situations. Secondly, the radio…

The Morse Code was invented by Samuel Morse in 1836. It was developed and worked on between 1830s and 1840s. The Morse code is a method of sending messages, that consist of sounds by telegraphs and radio operators. These messages are send through a wire or radio. This system is made up of a series of dashes, dots, short signals, long signals and spaces. These different signs all represent letters, numbers, punctuation marks and other types of symbols. This code was used by the military and…

Philips’ father) started a small factory of light bulbs in 1892 in Eindhoven, Holland. The company focused on three areas i.e. Healthcare, Consumer Lifestyle, and Lighting. Around 1895, Anton joined Philips. Anton was Gerard’s brother. He was an excellent manager and a salesman. He was an engineer and had a big contribution in business ideas. Due to his involvement and ideas, in 1900, Philips soon began to expand and became the third largest producer of light bulbs in Europe. Philips, today, is…

The authors emphasis on the light supported an understanding that knowledge will be given to those whomever seeks for it. On pg. 72-74 council was scared of light because they don’t have any knowledge of stuff that they don’t wish to know and they don’t seek it so they don’t know it council was said to know everything but they were scared of the light and therefore they are scared of knowledge and because they don’t know it they think that it doesn’t exist. pg. 100 the wall is impassable…

work and make sacrifices for. Thomas Edison was not a man that gave up easily. Once he knew what he wanted, Edison made sure he worked to accomplish it. He didn’t care how long it was going to take him, he was going to create a long-lasting light bulb. “It took Edison more than a year to find…