Essays Tagged: "inventions"

A Short Biography of Benjamin Franklin

in was a modest man who had had many jobs in his lifetime. This may help explain his large array of inventions and new methods of working various jobs. He did everything from making cabbage-growing mo ... put half of each lens in a single frame. Today, we call them bifocals. ('Benjamin Franklin and His Inventions', Internet)Although Benjamin Franklin had invented many things in his lifetime, he refuse ...

(7 pages) 239 2 4.7 Oct/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents

Benjamin Franklin

and the 15th of 17 children. He attended school for two years and loved swimming. One of his first inventions was a set of paddles to make him swim faster.When he was 12 years old he went to be an ap ...

(2 pages) 76 0 5.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents

Jurassic Park

nce tells us how to do things, not what things are worth doing and why. Malcolm talks about how the inventions of science, like Jurassic Park, are fated to exceed our control, just as his chaos theory ...

(4 pages) 107 0 4.9 Feb/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Internet communication

led attention to man as a communicating creature. Among the first and most dramatic examples of the inventions resulting from technological ingenuity were the telegraph and telephone, followed by othe ...

(3 pages) 291 1 4.0 Mar/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

Lewis H. Latimer

I.IntroA.Many things changed because of the inventions of Lewis H. Latimer.II.Background infoA.Latimer grew up in slavery1.Born in Chelsea, Mass ... Lewis left a remarkable legacy. His name will be forever associated with the two most revolutionary inventions of all time: the incandescent light bulb, and the telephone.D.In 1968, the Lewis H. Latim ...

(1 pages) 40 0 3.9 Apr/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers

Artificial heart devices

human desire to achieve brought about the invention of the artificial heart. The potential for such inventions are enormous. According to the American Heart Association, there are between 16,000 and 4 ... economic factors that accompany these new innovations to humanity. Who will receive these brilliant inventions? Obviously not all of the patients will get transplants, so selection criteria must be es ...

(7 pages) 109 0 3.3 Nov/1995

Subjects: Science Essays > Biotechnology

Internet Inventions, essay explaining the benefits and downfalls of Internet access

Several inventions have changed the way people communicate with each other. From the oldfashioned telegraph ... , technology is continuing tocreate new ways to morefully interact with people on the internet. New inventions suchas the I -Phone and miniature video cameras are further changingthe way we communicat ...

(3 pages) 281 0 2.7 Dec/1995

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

The Telephone System

The telephone is one of the most creative and prized inventions in the world. It has advanced from its humble beginnings to its wireless communication te ...

(4 pages) 88 0 4.8 Feb/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

Albert Einstein

in Ulm,Germany. I was not an inventor in the conventional sense. I was a physicistand theorist. My inventions were not tangible things, but ideas I put on paperand may later on have led to inventions ...

(3 pages) 57 2 3.9 Jan/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

History of Computers

not, the computer has invaded our life.The origins and roots of computers started out as many other inventions and technologies have in the past. They evolved from a relatively simple idea or plan des ...

(7 pages) 235 0 3.6 Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

The Human Brain vs. the Computer

Over the millennia, Man has come up with countless inventions, each more ingenious than the last. However, only now, as the computer arises that mankin ...

(6 pages) 153 2 4.1 Feb/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

The Economic Changes in England During Eighteenth Century That Caused The Industrial Revolution

and canals. (Squitiere)Thirdly, more people were willing to invest their money in new factories and inventions. Not as many people invested their money in new businesses before the industrial revoluti ... ctory System. The Factory System was the way most people had based their working skills on. The new inventions created during this period helped the labor forces in the eighteenth century England.The ...

(10 pages) 426 0 3.9 Jun/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

History of Snowmobiles

t the same time, neither having knowledge of theothers work. They were the first ones to call their inventions a snowmobile.Then in 1922, in a farm region in lower Quebec, a fifteen year oldcombined a ...

(3 pages) 41 0 3.8 Mar/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Engineering > Mechanical Engineering

Capitalism in the U.S, Necessary Evil or Blatant Oppression?

azing set of circumstances. Industrialization was increasing the country'soutput and making way for inventions that would change everyday life.Industrialization was also regressing the country to a ti ...

(3 pages) 83 0 3.0 Mar/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

Illuminating the Path of Progress, Speaks of Thomas Alva Edison and his invention

technology, change life patterns, and create millions of jobs. He became famous for his scientific inventions, even though he was not a scientist. His real talent was his ability to clearly judge a p ... ger of a telegraph office. Edison got the idea for his first invention from working here. His first inventions were the transmitter and receiver for the automatic telegraph. At 21, Edison produced his ...

(6 pages) 104 0 4.1 Mar/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

Isaac Newton

hat was just seeing the birth of a modern science. Through his incredible mathematical analyses and inventions he single-handedly created the science of mechanics and explained the motion of planets. ...

(9 pages) 232 0 3.7 Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Current research on psychology of creativity

enerally agreed upon by many that a large number of the world's fundamental problems, knowledge and inventions have been produced and solved and therefore advanced by a few good men in comparison; and ...

(11 pages) 276 0 3.0 Jul/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

The history of the piano, it broadly describes the history of the piano.

he past and present. It is said to have dominated music for the past 200 years. Throughout history, inventions come along that take art away from princes and give it the people. Unlike the printing pr ...

(6 pages) 125 1 4.6 Sep/2002

Subjects: Art Essays

An essay which explains the presence of media in government and its negative effects.

ficial intelligence. Contrary to popular belief, this will not "eventually" happen; it already has. Inventions throughout our history have supposedly helped us out quite a bit, but while these inventi ...

(3 pages) 158 3 3.8 Oct/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

THe Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald Summer Reading Assignment 1. Describe Cover Art 2. Describe Roaring Twenties 3. Describe Characters

et and the end of the war. At this time, money in the U.S. was flowing freely among many Americans. Inventions were being patented, movies were being produced and life became better. Women became more ...

(2 pages) 44 0 3.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers