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    Did you know that Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone? Alexander was constantly working on scientific experiments and he became a famous man. Now, hundreds of thousands people can communicate through phones. Bell also worked on a school to help the deaf to enroll. His invention helps life today because we can now communicate through technology called the telephone. Alexander’s Father established a school for the deaf to learn and Alexander also helped the deaf learn. He also inspired…

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    The Centennial Exhibition was an exhibition in Philadelphia of many inventions, including revolutionary ones like the telephone, the typewriter, the Corliss steam engine, the mechanical calculator, Popcorn, a piece of the statue of liberty, and the banana was brought to America. The Centennial Exhibition of 1876 was created to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the United States of America. “The International Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures and Products of the Soil and Mine, more simply…

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    “Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.” (Edison) Thomas Alva Edison always had a creative mind, even as a child. He was able to find work at the age of 12 selling newspapers to passengers riding the Grand Trunk Railroad line. He used his access to convert one of the unused train cars into a makeshift lab, in which he performed various experiments. He promptly caused a chemical fire in the car, resulting in him being fired. While he was working…

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    Thomas Alva Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio. He was the last of 7 children. He moved to Michigan when he was 7 years old. As a child, he was extremely curious. He was so intrigued by things, that he once sat on a goose egg, just to see if it would hatch. He also set fire to a barn, to see what would happen. Although he was not well educated, he only completed 3 months of school, he was extremely smart and had the desire to learn. He was always very distracted and could never…

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    Chevrolet has finally taken the wraps off its newest version of Camaro, the high-performance 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. The company claims that the new Camaro model delivers unprecedented levels of technology, refinement, track capability, and straight-line acceleration. The Camaro ZL1 is the first GM car to offer the new 10-speed automatic transmission, and its 200 pounds lighter than its predecessor thanks to the new vehicle architecture called Alpha platform lighter architecture that…

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    In 1906, on a farm in Utah, a boy named Philo Taylor Farnsworth was born. In a very short time Philo began to ask questions, accordingly his parents answered as best as they could, 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…

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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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    In 1834 a great inventor was born on March 17,1834 this inventor's name was Gottlieb Daimler. He attended a college called Stuttgart Polytechnic College, he went there from 1857-1859. Daimler later got married to a young woman named Emma. He later became the factory director of Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Karlsruhe. In 1872 Daimler joined a gas motor fabrik as technical manager. Then he became familiar with the four stroke, By the end of 1883 Daimler built a small high speed engine. In the end of…

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    Benjamin Franklin is a famous scientist who changed the world with this kite experiment. His experiment 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.…

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    “His job on the train caused Edison to become deaf. One morning, he tried to climb the first step but was not able to keep his balance. A railroad worker grabbed him by the ears and hauled him up. Edison felt something snap inside his head, which started his deafness, and got worse throughout his life,” (Thomas Alva Edison). Edison’s deafness allowed him to focus on his work and not be distracted by outside noises and people. He was able to focus on his own thoughts and not hear the others who…

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