Invention of the telephone

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…

Technology may not be as spectacular as shown in current GEICO tv ads, but technology, even though a very large subject can be broken down into areas, all related to previous inventions. The history of technology in our country reaches years back and is a history that is ever-changing. Technology has had a huge impact on American society, experienced by practically every US citizen, from its beginning to the present. - In the space age, scientists and researchers introduced the calculator, a…

National Park Service, “For this and some related inventions Edison was paid $40,000” (“Edison Biography” n.pg), with this money he was able to purchase a small laboratory and manufacturing facility in New Jersey. Edison was doing pretty good for himself, however, it was in December of 1879, when Edison showed the world the incandescent light bulb when Edison was brought into stardom. The light bulb is his most important and well known invention. The invention of the light bulb is Edison biggest…

New Spirits: Americans in the “Gilded Age”, 1865-1905 written by Rebecca Edwards explores and brings new light into one of the most significant eras in the history of the United States. The central point of New Spirits is to provide readers with a new outlook on what made the “Gilded Age” gilded and dismisses stereotypes that readers may have previously established about the era. Edward’s explores how the United States became a modern industrial nation after the harrowing aftermath of the Civil…

patent allows engineers to prevent others from making, using, or selling their patented invention. Patent can tell the story of the invention in a way that someone could make the invention using only the patent as a guide. The term of a patent is 20 years from the date on which the patent is issued. There has been many famous engineers in the past including Thomas Edison, that have acquired a patent for their invention. During his lifetime, Thomas…

Another invention that came later on in the late 1890s and early 1900s was the invention of the telephone. Invented my Alexander Gram Bell, his invention was made in 1876 but didn’t become popular until later in the 1890s. Mainly because telephones required wires that had to be ran and most people and businesses who were not located in urban areas did not have access to these…

The period of rapid growth after the Civil War was critical for how we live today. There were many people moving west. Meanwhile, in the east, many factories were booming. A big industrial revolution for America. There were many new inventions during this time period. A lot of them, we still used today. America altered economically because of the railroad business, the steel industry, and the many immigrants that came to America. The railroad business was crucial for many things. As the…

closer to work. Britians middle class people started to prosper, because many new inventions were discovered to make life easier. In 1822 an effective steam engine by James Watt gave right to transport products. The cotton gin was invented in 1793 by Eli Whitney which helped out the textile industry. With interchangeable parts, assembly lines, workers and overseers made more efficient production. The major inventions like the locomotive and the miles of railroad tracks, led to the transportation…

With this prosperity and possibility came jobs. Still largely a rural society, Americans increasingly moved to the city looking for work, armed with a belief in the possibilities and a strong work ethic. Alongside them came nearly a half-million immigrants in 1900, also seeking a better life. America's Industrial Revolution produced much prosperity and leisure, but also much poverty and disillusionment. Tycoons such as J.P. Morgan and Andrew Carnegie amassed fortunes greater than many European…

Emily Rosenberg’s book, Spreading the American Dream , focuses on the process to export America’s economic and cultural influence internationally, focusing from the 1890s to 1945. The book highlights the relationship between the marketing of the American Dream, the expansion of global markets and consumption, and Rosenberg’s idea of liberal developmentalism. According to Rosenberg, liberal developmentalism established America’s international presence, stressing the value of democracy, the…