Invention of the telephone

Overcome,” by Eula Biss Is about the invention of the telephone. It was like the first man landing on the moon, no one thought it could ever be done. It was amazing how the United States of America could be connected by long wires. When a positive thing appears something negative comes along with it. Black people were hung on these poles for real, or rumored crimes. For example, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, a black man charged with kicking a white girl was hung on a telephone pole. In Shreveport,…

The history of each country is the most relevant piece of his nation. America is a beautiful country with a valuable culture, who was forged in their beginnings with the reconstruction of the nation after the devastating Civil War. This was an extensive process in the life of the each american. The country had been devastated. For that reason, the economy of the south loser had been inflected to about a 60% of its wealth, while the winner north had been ended the war needing supplies and article…

and the making of new modern America. These inventions positively impacted current many of the modern-day technologies we use. Speaking of technological inventions of nineteenth century, Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. Before Whitney’s gin entered into widespread use, the United States produced roughly 750,000 bales of cotton, in 1830 (Civil War Trust, n.d.). By 1850 that amount had exploded to 2.85 million bales. This also meant…

biggest industry in the late 19th century because this allowed trade with other markets and cities. The railroad was privately owned but publicly financed by land grants from the government. Along with the expansion of the rail road, there was an invention of the telegraph. The telegraph was invented by Samuel F. Morse which allowed people to communicate with Morse code. Continuing, steel soon grew rapidly after the building of the railroad. Also with the railroad industry, costs were high but…

BEFORE THE INVENTION First communications were documented in 1200 B.C. where Homer speaks about fire signals and smoke signals in Iliad. In 700 to 300 B.C. there was a usage of postal pigeons in the Olympic Games. History also documents that in 200 B.C. until 100 B.C. messengers on horse or on foot were a common phenomenon in Egypt and China, where there were even stations for supplying them. The Chinese 2000 years before are estimated to have had a system of sending messages through pipes at…

Growing up with today’s modern technology one can really take for granted where it all began. Once a person has researched these inventions it gives one greater appreciation of todays’ technology because the inventors’ idea and work to create things such as telephones, photographs, moving pictures, locomotives, large buildings with steel, and electrical equipment has made life easier for businesses and everyday living today. According To Historian John Buescher (2010) “There were two…

A revolution is a period of time in which changes and new inventions positively impact a country and their economy. A revolution affects people in a positive way because of new inventions and changes that make things easier and more efficient. During the Second industrial Revolution, there were many new inventions, but new technologies, new manufacturing methods, and new ways of transportation had a very large impact on the U.S. New technologies impacted society greatly by making many…

Wilson was at the Whitehouse and Theodore Vail, the president of American Telephone and Telegraph Company was on Jekyll Island. History was being made in more ways than one on this winter day. These four men were the first to make coast-to-coast, long distance phone calls in the United States, which triggered an evolution of mass media over the next one hundred years (PPIE). Since that first transcontinental call, telephones have morphed into more than just a means to speak to one another. Its…

better understanding of these terms and how to use them. Workstream is a new term and companies are still trying to find the best use for it. Science and technology have many differences but in the end they are inseparable. Many have started to use invention and innovation interchangeably when they have to comply different meanings. A tech roadmap is a good way to set you goals. These terms are only a small section of tech terms that are out there that are avoided or misused. More work needs to…

As America became a giant industrial country, many new inventions were created that greatly influenced the business growth during the Industrial Revolution. Advances in communication led to inventions such as the typewriter, the telephone, phonograph, transatlantic cable, and the incandescent light bulb while advances in business growth led to other inventions such as barbed wire, electric motor, and the diesel engine. Inventions that improved communication made it more efficient by speeding up…