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I learned about four inventions this week: the Rotary Printing Press, Kerosene, Antiseptics, and the Gas Mask.  In this essay I will describe and give the impact on history of these four inventions. The Rotary Printing Press is a printing press that uses rotating drums so that continuous rolls of paper can be printed on. Continue reading “Week 12 Invention”

I learned about four inventions this week: Ether, the Fax Machine, the Steam-Powered Iron Passenger Ships, and the Ice Cream Maker. Ether is a drug one breathes in to make that person fall asleep.  It is used in surgery to keep people from being awake during surgery.  Before Ether, if someone had to have surgery,Continue reading “Week 11 Inventions”

This week I learned about four helpful inventions which are the Electric Clock, Blueprints, the Stapler, and Grain Elevators. The Electric Clock is a clock that uses electricity or a battery as power instead of a pendulum.  This was very useful because clocks could now be small and compact since it did not need aContinue reading “Week 10 Inventions”

This week I learned about four inventions: the Steam Plow, the Steam Shovel, the Postage Stamp, and finally Vulcanized Rubber.  I will explain what these inventions are and how they have helped change the world. The first invention is the Steel Plow.  The Steel Plow was invented by a man named John Deere.  One dayContinue reading “Week 9 Invention”

 These four inventions: the Electromechanical Relay, the Revolver, Morse Code, and the Circuit Breaker are the inventions I will write about this week. The Electromechanical Relay uses an electromagnet to flip an electromechanical switch.  The Electromechanical Relay is used in things like thermostats.  The thermostat figures out what the temperature of the room is.  IfContinue reading “Week 8 Inventions”

I will talk about and explain how these four inventions: the microphone, the typewriter, the braille reading system, and the sewing machine helped make life easier. The microphone is a device that amplifies sound.  When the sound waves enter the microphone, it strikes a magnet causing the magnet to vibrate.  Which in turn amplifies theContinue reading “Week 5 Inventions”

I will summarize and explain how these inventions have made life easier: the Combine Harvester, the Solar Compass, the Propeller, and the Mechanical Computer.   The Combine Harvester is a really big and bulky machine that requires about eighteen horses to pull it.  The Combine Harvester combines several stages of the harvesting of the wheat.  FirstContinue reading “Week 7 Inventions”

This week I learned about the Platform Scale, the Railroad T-Rail, the Multi-Coil Magnet, and the Mechanical Reaper. The Platform Scale is a scale that measures how heavy an object is.  There is a weight attached to the Platform Scale when an object is placed on the platform one must balance it out, once itContinue reading “Week 6 Inventions”

Portland cement, electromagnets, the passenger rail, and matches are all inventions I learned this week.  I will explain how all of these inventions have changed history .   Portland cement works as a binder in concrete.  Portland cement is usually mixed with sand and water to form concrete.  Cement is very helpful because concrete would notContinue reading “Week 4 Inventions”

I learned about four inventions this week: the pencil, the stethoscope, the tunneling shield, and paved roads. The pencil is one of the most helpful and simplest inventions.  I learned that it is actually graphite, not lead, in the pencils.  The pencil is made by putting graphite in a wooden case.  It is used byContinue reading “Week 3 Inventions”