The Farnsworth Invention

Discoveries and discovering can offer new understanding and renewed perceptions of ourselves and others Discuss the statement with reference to your prescribed text and ONE related texts of your choosing. Discovery is the act of detecting something new, or something old that had been unrecognised as meaningful. Discoveries can give an individual a different perception of oneself, individuals, and society. In The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, by discovering the truth characters hold a…

American inventors? Thomas Newcomen created the first practical steam engine for pumping water, the Newcomen steam engine. Thomas Edison and his workshop patented 1,093 inventions. Included in this were the phonograph, the incandescent light bulb, and the motion picture. He was the most famous inventor of his time and his inventions had a huge impact on America's growth and history. Samuel Morse invented the telegraph which greatly increased…

Accidents don’t usually lead to great discoveries. Almost all inventions ever made had a mistake involved. Mistakes make us work harder to find something or to make something work. Mistakes help people invent something or make discoveries. Mistakes are key to making discoveries. A mistake from a man named, Percy Spencer, invented the microwave after he accidently left a chocolate bar in his pocket and it melted. When Percy was young he worked in a brand new world of electrical engineering. When…

safe today. I believe that his inventions are among the best. These two products include, traffic lights and gas masks. Without a traffic light, the world would have so many car accidents. Traffic light are simply lights on a busy street that tell us when to stop, when to slow down, and when to go. Gas masks protect the user from inhaling harmful chemicals or pollutants. Many people used gas masks in the world wars because of poisonous attacks. That’s why his inventions are very important to us…

There have been many inventions made before the 1950’s. Some are the ones we still use today in 2018. One, in particular, is the toaster in which we have used for several centuries. This machine has been used to help make breakfast much easier in the morning. It’s such a simple machine, yet the history of the toaster has not been explained thoroughly. From the website called Hagley, it states that “The first toaster that has been invented was in 1893 by Alan MacMasters from Scotland. He was a…

In the reading Lost Einstein: How exposure to innovation influences who becomes an inventor, the authors’ dive into the factors that induce people to become inventors. There are 3 main lessons for authors’ analysis. First, there are large disparities in innovation rate by socioeconomic class, race, and gender. For example, children from top 1% of income are more likely to become innovators than children from the below-median income family. Second, exposure to innovation increases the chance for…

but the following are some inventions created by women that showed they are smarter than Nicki Minaj. INVENTION 1: THE APGAR SCORING SYSTEM The first invention we will look at is the Apgar Scoring System. When newborns are brought to life, they must be tested for their medical conditions. Virginia Apgar certainly solved that problem as she invented her scoring system to see what the medical conditions are for infants. INVENTION 2: THE SIGNAL FLARE The invention of the signal flare is a…

Science and medical inventions are inseparable from today’s modern society. They have helped save countless lives and improved the living conditions of many. Edward Teller, one who is often referred to as “the father of the hydrogen bomb” had once said, “The science of today is the technology of tomorrow”. This quote shows just how integral new scientific and medical developments are to the modern technology used today and how they would exist without scientific breakthroughs and discoveries…

The great inventor Thomas Alva Edison is credited for the creation of the phonograph, the movie camera, and one of the most useful and life altering inventions that sparked the innovation of the technology used to this day. There is no doubt that Edison was brilliant and excelled at what he did. However, there is one major misconception that is associated with him, and that is he is the sole inventor of the light bulb. From a young age, people are taught that everything from the idea to the…

Many ideas and inventions originated during the time period known as the Medieval Era. All of these innovations were contributing factors to the future of society as a whole. They were building blocks on which new ideas and inventions could be made to either improve existing tools and methods, or to stimulate new creations. Man has always been looking for ways to innovate past items and inventions used. Many inventions were very important and had a great impact to the world during this time…