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A 1903 advertisement for Thomas Edison's "perfected phonograph" - just one of his 1,093 U.S. patented inventions. An Edison cylinder recording is best appreciated when replayed on the originaltechnology - an acoustic phonograph. The phonograph, invented by Edison in 1877,was the first device

able to record sound and play it back, followed by the gramophone, invented by Berliner in 1888. In the late 1980s, fax technology was a breakthrough

for international development organizations since it enabled extremely rapid document delivery to remote areas via regular telephone lines. Unlike the phonograph, the gramophone used

not a cylinder but a flat disc, with which thousands of copies could be made of the same recording. A coin-operated phonograph developed fromEdison's invention emitted recorded sounds. A coin-operated phonograph developed fromEdison's invention emitted recorded sounds. President Bliss had demonstrated an Edisonphonograph at the American University of Beirut. Thomas Edison's invention has changed theworld, but we

often take electricity for granted. I know that learning is not

only repeating like a phonograph and abstractly but applying

in real life what we have been studying. Thomas Edison produced the light bulb and, with George Eastman, the moving picture. Despite all claims to the contrary, the first

lightbulb was not invented by the American Thomas Edison, but rather by a German.

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Thomas Edison was an American inventor.
EDISON INVENTIONS:
Phonograph: 1877
Light bulbs: 1879
Kinetoscope: 1888
Thomas Edison built a scientific laboratory, in New Jersey, USA.

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Thomas Edison's Inventions have made profound impacts on society. So many of Thomas Edison's inventions are held in such high regard that he is considered the greatest inventor of all time. Following are just a few of Thomas Edison's inventions as well as Thomas Edison's patents that he submitted to the patent office.
Thomas Edison's Phonograph
Considered to be the first great Thomas Edison invention, and his life-long favorite, the phonograph would record the spoken voice and play it back.

When speaking into the receiver, the sound vibration of the voice would cause a needle to create indentations on a drum wrapped with tin foil. Later Edison would adopt cylinders and discs to permanently record music.

The first recorded message was of Thomas Edison speaking "Mary had a little lamb", which greatly delighted and surprised Edison and his staff when they first heard it played back to them.
Thomas Edison Light Bulb
Thomas Edison is most well known for his invention of the light bulb. Contrary to popular belief, Edison did not invent the light bulb; it had been around for a number of years. The electric lights at the time, however, were unreliable, expensive, and short-lived. Over twenty distinct efforts by other inventors the world over were already underway when Edison entered the light bulb invention race.

By creating a vacuum inside the bulb, finding the right filament to use, and running lower voltage through the bulb, Edison was able to achieve a light bulb that lasted for many hours. This was a substantial improvement, and one that led with more improvements, to making the light bulb practical and economical.

Of course, Edison also later invented the entire electric utility system so he could power all those light bulbs, motors and other appliances that soon followed.
Thomas Edison Motion Picture
Edison's initial work in motion pictures (1888-89) was inspired byMuybridge's analysis of motion. The first Edison device resembled his phonograph, with a spiral arrangement of 1/16 inch photographs made on a cylinder. Viewed with a microscope, these first motion pictures were rather crude, and hard to focus. Working with W. K. L. Dickson, Edison then developed the Strip Kinetograph, using George Eastman's improved 35 mm celluloid film. Cut into continuous strips and perforated along the edges, the film was moved by sprockets in a stop-and-go motion behind the shutter.

In Edison's movie studio, technically known as a Kinetographic Theater, but nicknamed "The Black Maria" (1893), Edison and his staff filmed short movies for later viewing with his peep hole Kinetoscopes (1894). One-person at a time could view the movies via the Kinetoscope. Each Kinetoscope was about 4 feet tall, 20 inches square, and had a peep hole magnifier that allowed the patron to view 50 feet of film in about 20 seconds. A battery-operated lamp allowed the film to be illuminated.
The First Thomas Edison Invention - The Electrographic Vote Recorder
Edison was 22 years old and working as a telegrapher when he filed his first patent for the Electrographic Vote Recorder.

The device was made with the goal of helping legislators in the US Congress record their votes in a quicker fashion than the voice vote system.

To work, a voting device was connected to a clerk's desk where the names of the legislators were embedded. The legislators would move a switch to either yes or no, sending electric current to the device at the clerks desk. Yes and No wheels kept track of the votes and tabulated the final results.

Magnetic Iron Ore Separator

Thomas Edison experimented during the 1880′s and 1890′s with using magnets to separate iron ore from low grade, unusable ores. His giant mine project in northwestern NJ consumed huge amounts of money as experimentation plodded forward.

Engineering problems and a decline in the price of iron ore [the discovery of the Mesabi iron rich ore deposits near the Great Lakes] lead this invention to be abandoned.

But later, Edison used what he learned with rock grinding to make his own robust version of Portland Cement, Edison Portland Cement, a very good product that built Yankee Stadium. Along the way, Edison totally revolutionized the cement kiln industry.

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In 1888 Edison invented the Kinetoscope. The Kinetoscope Was líke camera but more easely than now .Only one person could whach it.And was the 1 camera motion machine.

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An electromagnet is a type of magnet in which the magnetic field is produced by an electric current. The magnetic field disappears when the current is turned off. Electromagnets usually consist of insulated wire wound into a coil. A current through the wire creates a magnetic field which is concentrated in the hole in the center of the coil. The wire turns are often wound around a magnetic core made from a ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic material such as iron; the magnetic core concentrates the magnetic flux and makes a more powerful magnet.

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Thomas Edison create such great inovations as the first comercially partical incadescent light bubl and the phonograph .A savvy businessman , he held more than 1,000 patents for his inventions

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Talyah good link about important women in history, but they weren't inventors look for women inventors.
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A list of famous and influential women, including women's rights activists, poets, musicians, politicians, humanitarians and scientists.

A list of women in chronological order

Cleopatra (69 BCE-30 BCE) The last Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt. Cleopatra sought to defend Egypt from the expanding Roman Empire. In doing so she formed relationships with two of Rome's most powerful leaders, Marc Anthony and Julius Caesar.

Joan of Arc (1412-1431) The patron saint of France, Joan of Arc inspired a French revolt against the occupation of the English. An unlikely hero, at the age of just 17, the diminutive Joan successfully led the French to victory at Orleans. Her later trial and martyrdom only heightened her mystique.

Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) English author, Wollstonecraft wrote the most significant book in the early feminist movement. Her pamphlet " A Vindication of the Rights of Women" laid down a moral and practical basis for extending human and political rights to women. She was a pioneer in the struggle for female suffrage.

Jane Austen (1775-1817)One of the most famous female authors of all time, Jane Austen wrote several novels, which remain highly popular today. These include Pride and Prejudice, Emma and Northanger Abbey. Jane Austen wrote at a time when female writers were not encouraged, helping pave the way for future writers.

Sojourner Truth (1797 - 1883) African-American abolitionist and women's rights campaigner. In 1851, gave a famous extemporaneous speech "Ain't I a woman?" which explained in plain language how women were equal to men.

Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) An American women's rights advocate. Her book Women in the Nineteenth Century (1845) was influential in changing perceptions about men and women, and was one of the most important early feminist works. She argued for equality and women being more self-dependent and less dependent on men.

Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) A lifelong anti-slavery campaigner. Her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin was a bestseller and helped to popularise the anti-slavery campaign. Abraham Lincoln later remarked that her books were a major factor behind the American civil war.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) American social activist and leading figure in the early women's rights movement. She was a key figure in helping create the early women's suffrage movements in the US. She was the principal author of Declaration of Sentiments in 1848.

Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) American Campaigner against slavery and for the promotion of women's and workers rights. She began campaigning within the temperance movement and this convinced her of the necessity for women to have the vote. She toured the US giving countless speeches on the subjects of human rights.

Clara Barton (1821-1912) - Barton was a pioneering nurse in the American civil war. She overcame stiff opposition to lead medical units close to the front lines. She was the founder president of the American Red Cross society and spent her life serving others in need. Barton was supportive of women's suffrage and broke many gender barriers during her lifetime.

Millicent Fawcett (1846-1929)A leading suffragist and campaigner for equal rights for women. She led Britain's biggest suffrage organisation, the non-violent (NUWSS) and played a key role in gaining women the vote. She also helped found Newnham College, Cambridge.

Margaret Sanger (1879-1966) - Sanger was a leading pioneer in offering contraception and health care services to women. Controversial at the time, Sanger is credited with playing a leading role in legalising both contraception and publishing information about family planning. She founded the American Birth Control League and encouraged the development of the contraceptive pill.

Rachel Carson (1907 - 1964) American conservationist. Rachel Carson was a pioneering environmentalist. Her work, Silent Spring (1962) highlighted the dangers of unregulated pesticide use. It played an important role in creating the modern ecological movement.

Mother Teresa (1910-1997)Albanian nun and charity worker. Devoting her life to the service of the poor and dispossessed Mother Teresa became a global icon for selfless service to others. Through her Missionary of Charities organisation, she personally cared for thousands of sick and dying people in Calcutta. She was awarded the Nobel Peace prize in 1979.

Queen Elizabeth II (1926- ) Since ascending to the British throne in 1952, Elizabeth has become the longest-serving British monarch. She has witnessed rapid social and economic change and has been a unifying influence for Britain and the Commonwealth.

Billie Holiday (1915-1959) American jazz singer. Given the title "First Lady of the Blues" Billie Holiday was widely considered to be the greatest and most expressive jazz singer of all time. Her voice was moving in its emotional intensity and poignancy. Despite dying at the age of only 44, Billie Holiday helped define the jazz era and her recordings are still widely sold today.

Rosa lind Franklin (1920 - 1958) British Chemist who made significant contributions to understanding the structure of DNA and RNA, which led to the discovery of the DNA double helix. Franklin also worked on the chemistry of coal and viruses.

Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007) The first female prime minister of a Muslim country. She helped to move Pakistan from a dictatorship to democracy, becoming Prime Minister in 1988. She sought to implement social reforms, in particular helping women and the poor. She was assassinated in 2007.

Oprah Winfrey (1954- ) American talk show host and businesswoman. Oprah Winfrey was the first woman to own her own talk show. Her show and book club are very influential, focusing on issues facing American women.

Madonna (1958 - ) American pop star. Madonna is the most successful female musician of all time. She has sold in excess of 250 million records. She has also starred in films, such as Desperately Seeking Susan and Evita.

Jacinda Ardern (1980 - ) Youngest female Prime Minister of New Zealand from 2018. Her style of leadership which emphasises kindness and empathy has received substantial praise. She has called for global action on climate change and universal recognition of human rights.

Greta Thunberg (2003 - ) Swedish schoolgirl who has become a global leader for environmental issues and leading protests against global warming. Thunberg has spoken at events across the world - making it clear we face a real environmental crisis unless we make wholesale changes to the way we live.

Citation: Pettinger, Tejvan. "Women who changed the world", Oxford, UK. www.biographyonline.net. Last updated 8 March 2020. Originally published 18 April 2010.

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Who Was Thomas Edison?

Thomas Edison was an American inventor who is considered one of America's leading businessmen and innovators. Edison rose from humble beginnings to work as an inventor of major technology, including the first commercially viable incandescent light bulb. He is credited today for helping to build America's economy during the Industrial Revolution.

Early Life and Education

Edison was born on February 11, 1847, in Milan, Ohio. He was the youngest of seven children of Samuel and Nancy Edison.

His father was an exiled political activist from Canada, while his mother was an accomplished school teacher and a major influence in Edison's early life.

An early bout with scarlet fever as well as ear infections left Edison with hearing difficulties in both ears as a child and nearly deaf as an adult.

Edison would later recount, with variations on the story, that he lost his hearing due to a train incident in which his ears were injured. But others have tended to discount this as the sole cause of his hearing loss.

In 1854, Edison's family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, where he attended public school for a total of 12 weeks. A hyperactive child, prone to distraction, he was deemed "difficult" by his teacher.

His mother quickly pulled him from school and taught him at home. At age 11, he showed a voracious appetite for knowledge, reading books on a wide range of subjects. In this wide-open curriculum Edison developed a process for self-education and learning independently that would serve him throughout his life.

At age 12, Edison convinced his parents to let him sell newspapers to passengers along the Grand Trunk Railroad line. Exploiting his access to the news bulletins teletyped to the station office each day, Edison began publishing his own small newspaper, called the Grand Trunk Herald.

The up-to-date articles were a hit with passengers. This was the first of what would become a long string of entrepreneurial ventures where he saw a need and capitalized on the opportunity.

Edison also used his access to the railroad to conduct chemical experiments in a small laboratory he set up in a train baggage car. During one of his experiments, a chemical fire started and the car caught fire.

The conductor rushed in and struck Edison on the side of the head, probably furthering some of his hearing loss. He was kicked off the train and forced to sell his newspapers at various stations along the route.

Edison the Telegrapher

While Edison worked for the railroad, a near-tragic event turned fortuitous for the young man. After Edison saved a three-year-old from being run over by an errant train, the child's grateful father rewarded him by teaching him to operate a telegraph. By age 15, he had learned enough to be employed as a telegraph operator.

For the next five years, Edison traveled throughout the Midwest as an itinerant telegrapher, subbing for those who had gone to the Civil War. In his spare time, he read widely, studied and experimented with telegraph technology, and became familiar with electrical science.

In 1866, at age 19, Edison moved to Louisville, Kentucky, working for The Associated Press. The night shift allowed him to spend most of his time reading and experimenting. He developed an unrestricted style of thinking and inquiry, proving things to himself through objective examination and experimentation.

Initially, Edison excelled at his telegraph job because early Morse code was inscribed on a piece of paper, so Edison's partial deafness was no handicap. However, as the technology advanced, receivers were increasingly equipped with a sounding key, enabling telegraphers to "read" message by the sound of the clicks. This left Edison disadvantaged, with fewer and fewer opportunities for employment.

In 1868, Edison returned home to find his beloved mother was falling into mental illness and his father was out of work. The family was almost destitute. Edison realized he needed to take control of his future.

Upon the suggestion of a friend, he ventured to Boston, landing a job for the Western Union Company. At the time, Boston was America's center for science and culture, and Edison reveled in it. In his spare time, he designed and patented an electronic voting recorder for quickly tallying votes in the legislature.

However, Massachusetts lawmakers were not interested. As they explained, most legislators didn't want votes tallied quickly. They wanted time to change the minds of fellow legislators.

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Children

In 1871 Edison married 16-year-old Mary Stilwell, who was an employee at one of his businesses. During their 13-year marriage, they had three children, Marion, Thomas and William, who himself became an inventor.

In 1884, Mary died at the age of 29 of a suspected brain tumor. Two years later, Edison married Mina Miller, 19 years his junior.

Thomas Edison: Inventions

In 1869, at 22 years old, Edison moved to New York City and developed his first invention, an improved stock ticker called the Universal Stock Printer, which synchronized several stock tickers' transactions.

The Gold and Stock Telegraph Company was so impressed, they paid him $40,000 for the rights. With this success, he quit his work as a telegrapher to devote himself full-time to inventing.

By the early 1870s, Edison had acquired a reputation as a first-rate inventor. In 1870, he set up his first small laboratory and manufacturing facility in Newark, New Jersey, and employed several machinists.

As an independent entrepreneur, Edison formed numerous partnerships and developed products for the highest bidder. Often that was Western Union Telegraph Company, the industry leader, but just as often, it was one of Western Union's rivals.

Quadruplex Telegraph

In one such instance, Edison devised for Western Union the quadruplex telegraph, capable of transmitting two signals in two different directions on the same wire, but railroad tycoon Jay Gould snatched the invention from Western Union, paying Edison more than $100,000 in cash, bonds and stock, and generating years of litigation.

In 1876, Edison moved his expanding operations to Menlo Park, New Jersey, and built an independent industrial research facility incorporating machine shops and laboratories.

That same year, Western Union encouraged him to develop a communication device to compete with Alexander Graham Bell's telephone. He never did.

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Phonograph

In December of 1877, Edison developed a method for recording sound: the phonograph. His innovation relied upon tin-coated cylinders with two needles: one for recording sound, and another for playback.

His first words spoken into the phonograph's mouthpiece were, "Mary had a little lamb." Though not commercially viable for another decade, the phonograph brought him worldwide fame, especially when the device was used by the U.S. Army to bring music to the troops overseas during World War I.

Light Bulb

While Edison was not the inventor of the first light bulb, he came up with the technology that helped bring it to the masses. Edison was driven to perfect a commercially practical, efficient incandescent light bulb following English inventor Humphry Davy's invention of the first early electric arc lamp in the early 1800s.

Over the decades following Davy's creation, scientists such as Warren de la Rue, Joseph Wilson Swan, Henry Woodward and Mathew Evans had worked to perfect electric light bulbs or tubes using a vacuum but were unsuccessful in their attempts.

After buying Woodward and Evans' patent and making improvements in his design, Edison was granted a patent for his own improved light bulb in 1879. He began to manufacture and market it for widespread use. In January 1880, Edison set out to develop a company that would deliver the electricity to power and light the cities of the world.

That same year, Edison founded the Edison Illuminating Company-the first investor-owned electric utility-which later became General Electric.

In 1881, he left Menlo Park to establish facilities in several cities where electrical systems were being installed. In 1882, the Pearl Street generating station provided 110 volts of electrical power to 59 customers in lower Manhattan.

Later Inventions & Business

In 1887, Edison built an industrial research laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey, which served as the primary research laboratory for the Edison lighting companies.

He spent most of his time there, supervising the development of lighting technology and power systems. He also perfected the phonograph, and developed the motion picture camera and the alkaline storage battery.

Over the next few decades, Edison found his role as inventor transitioning to one as industrialist and business manager. The laboratory in West Orange was too large and complex for any one man to completely manage, and Edison found he was not as successful in his new role as he was in his former one.

Edison also found that much of the future development and perfection of his inventions was being conducted by university-trained mathematicians and scientists. He worked best in intimate, unstructured environments with a handful of assistants and was outspoken about his disdain for academia and corporate operations.

During the 1890s, Edison built a magnetic iron-ore processing plant in northern New Jersey that proved to be a commercial failure. Later, he was able to salvage the process into a better method for producing cement.

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Motion Picture

On April 23, 1896, Edison became the first person to project a motion picture, holding the world's first motion picture screening at Koster & Bial's Music Hall in New York City.

His interest in motion pictures began years earlier, when he and an associate named W. K. L. Dickson developed a Kinetoscope, a peephole viewing device. Soon, Edison's West Orange laboratory was creating Edison Films. Among the first of these was The Great Train Robbery, released in 1903.

As the automobile industry began to grow, Edison worked on developing a suitable storage battery that could power an electric car. Though the gasoline-powered engine eventually prevailed, Edison designed a battery for the self-starter on the Model T for friend and admirer Henry Ford in 1912. The system was used extensively in the auto industry for decades.

During World War I, the U.S. government asked Edison to head the Naval Consulting Board, which examined inventions submitted for military use. Edison worked on several projects, including submarine detectors and gun-location techniques.

However, due to his moral indignation toward violence, he specified that he would work only on defensive weapons, later noting, "I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill."

By the end of the 1920s, Edison was in his 80s. He and his second wife, Mina, spent part of their time at their winter retreat in Fort Myers, Florida, where his friendship with automobile tycoon Henry Ford flourished and he continued to work on several projects, ranging from electric trains to finding a domestic source for natural rubber.

Patents

During his lifetime, Edison received 1,093 U.S. patents and filed an additional 500 to 600 that were unsuccessful or abandoned.

He executed his first patent for his Electrographic Vote-Recorder on October 13, 1868, at the age of 21. His last patent was for an apparatus for holding objects during the electroplating process.

Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla

Edison became embroiled in a longstanding rivalry with Nikola Tesla, an engineering visionary with academic training who worked with Edison's company for a time.

The two parted ways in 1885 and would publicly clash in the " War of the Currents" about the use of direct current electricity, which Edison favored, vs. alternating currents, which Tesla championed. Tesla then entered into a partnership with George Westinghouse, an Edison competitor, resulting in a major business feud over electrical power.

Elephant Killing

One of the unusual - and cruel - methods Edison used to convince people of the dangers of alternating current was through public demonstrations where animals were electrocuted.

One of the most infamous of these shows was the 1903 electrocution of a circus elephant named Topsy on New York's Coney Island.

When Did Thomas Edison Die?

Edison died on October 18, 1931, from complications of diabetes in his home, Glenmont, in West Orange, New Jersey. He was 84 years old.

Many communities and corporations throughout the world dimmed their lights or briefly turned off their electrical power to commemorate his passing.

Edison's Legacy

Edison's career was the quintessential rags-to-riches success story that made him a folk hero in America.

An uninhibited egoist, he could be a tyrant to employees and ruthless to competitors. Though he was a publicity seeker, he didn't socialize well and often neglected his family.

But by the time he died, Edison was one of the most well-known and respected Americans in the world. He had been at the forefront of America's first technological revolution and set the stage for the modern electric world.

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"Thomas Edison and the Light Bulb" by Diego Santillana.

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"Thomas Edison and the Light Bulb" by Diego Santillana.

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This video says how was the progress of the invention of the light bulb.
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Very good Diego. We still using them in our days and the lead to other inventions too. Great research ;)
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The  spanish inventions

1.-The mop : 1956 by Manuel Jalón .
2.- The Chupa chups: 1957 by Enric Bernard.
3.- The submarine: 1888 by Isaac Peral.
4.- The foosball: 1937 Alejandro Campos
5.- The digital calculator: 1914 by Leonardo Torres Quevedo
6.- The spanish guitar: s. XIII
7.- The autogyro: 1920 Juan de la Cierva.
8.- The disposable syringe: Manuel Jalón .
9.- The cable car : 1907 Leonardo Torres Quevedo

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Interesting video about sweets Miguel Angel but I ask you for "inventions" not for "how to make things" and videos should be in English, because is the language we use in class. Keep researching and post inventions.
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Good facts about Edison Eva. Keep it up the hard work.
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Thomas Edison´s Greatest Inventions

THE  PHONOGRAPH

Thomas Edison´s first great invention was the tin foil phonograph. While working to improve the efficiency of a telegraph transmitter, he noticed that the tape of the machine gave off a noise that resembled  spoken words when played at high speed.
This led him to wonder if he could record a telephone message.

A PRACTICAL LIGT BULB

Thomas Edison´s greatest challenge was the development of a practical incandescent, electric light. Contary to popular belief, he didn´t ´´invent´´ the lightbulb, but rather he improved upon a      50--year--old idea. In 1879, using lower current electricity, a small carbonized filament and an improved vacuum inside the globe, he was able to produce a reliable, long--lasting source of light.

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Victor😋
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THE GREAT ADVANGE IN MEDICINE!!!
BY SOFIA
Great explanation about Doctor Fleming and the penicillin, a very important discorevy for medicine and for us. Great work!
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Great video that tell us about the real Thomas Edison, very good Tabata ;) Check the spelling: alba edison =Alba
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Who is Thomas alba edison?
A sport history aborto him.

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The History of Thomas Edison - a Short Story

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This video shows how important Tesla Was, great Tabata. But be carefull with the spelling: aborto=about

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Who is Nicolás tesla?
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The History of Nikola Tesla - a Short Story

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IRENE GARCÍA            Top 10 Inventions of all time

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IRENE GARCÍA            Top 10 Inventions of all time

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Very nice Irene.  A good video about some important inventions that change our lifes. Keep the hard work

Miss Patri 😉👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻

This is a video showing ten  inventions of important inventors.

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This Women’s History Month, let’s take a moment to think about where we’d be without the inventions of some brilliant female minds: Stuck in a burning building with no way out, and without a chocolate chip cookie or a beer to bring comfort in our final moments. That was morbid, but you get the point.

Here are just a few things you might not have known were invented by women:

1. Beer, Thanks to lots of women!

We don’t actually know the individual who first created beer, but according to research conducted by historian Jane Peyton, for thousands of years brewing beer was a woman’s domain. According a 2010 Telegraph piece: “Nearly 7,000 years ago in Mesopotamia and Sumeria, so important were [women’s] skills that they were the only ones allowed to brew the drink or run any taverns.”

2. The Square-Bottomed Paper Bag, Margaret Knight

Margaret Knight realized that paper bags without square bottoms weren’t all that useful, so she invented a machine to cut and attach flat bottoms to bags. Before she could patent the iron version of her machine, a man named Charles Annan stole her design, claiming that no woman could think of something so complex. Knight filed a lawsuit against him and proved that the prototype was in fact hers. She gained the patent in 1871.

3. Dishwasher, Josephine Cochrane

In 1886, socialite Josephine Cochrane was annoyed that her servants kept breaking her china. So, she invented the first workable dishwasher.

4. The Fire Escape, Anna Connelly

The first outdoor fire escape with an external staircase was patented by Anna Connelly in 1897. In the 1900s, Connelly’s model would become part of many mandatory building safety codes across the United States.

5. Monopoly, Elizabeth Magie

Monopoly, originally called The Landlord’s Game, was invented by Elizabeth Magie in 1903. Magie was inspired to create The Landlord’s Game “to demonstrate the tragic effects of land-grabbing.”

6. Windshield Wiper, Mary Anderson

In 1903, Mary Anderson noticed drivers stopping to clear snow and ice off their windshields. She came up with the windshield wiper — an arm with a rubber blade that could be activated without getting out of your car. She applied for a patent in 1904, and it was issued in 1905.

7. Chocolate Chip Cookies, Ruth Wakefield

In 1930, Ruth Wakefield, who owned a lodge named the Toll House Inn, was making cookies for guests and realized that she was out of baker’s chocolate. She broke up pieces of a Nestle semi-sweet chocolate bar, thinking that the chocolate would mix in and melt during baking, but it didn’t.

8. The Solar Heated Home, Dr. Maria Telkes

Dr. Maria Telkes worked at MIT on the university’s Solar Energy Research Project. In the 1940s, she developed the first solar-heated home with architect Eleanor Raymond.

9. Computer Software, Grace Hopper

Dr Grace Murray Hopper, a computer scientist, invented COBOL, the first user-friendly business computer software program in the 1950s. In 1969, she was awarded the first ever Computer Science Man of the Year Award.

10. Kevlar, Stephanie Kwolek

Stephanie Kwolek’s research with chemical compounds for the DuPont Company led her to invent Kevlar — the material used in bulletproof vests — which was patented in 1966.

11. Stem Cell Isolation, Ann Tsukamoto

Ann Tsukamoto is one of two people who got a patent in 1991 for a process to isolate the human stem cell. Her work has led to advancements in comprehending the blood systems of cancer patients and could eventually lead to a cure.

Miss Patri

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Hi classes!
Welcome to our new digital tool. We are going to use this place for our projects in class, as a bulleting board for displaying the information each one of you find about the topic so we all share our work.
Can you post and help to create an interesting padlet about the inventions and the inventors?
I'm sure you! Let's have fun learnig and became teachers too ;)

This tool is very easy to use just follow the instructions in "HOW TO USE PADLET"

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BY:SORAYA,IRUÑA,SOPHIE

Good video about Edison and Tesla, and the truth of the invention of light. ut you need to post videos in English because is the language we use in class and be carefull with the spelling and Tenses.
Miss Patri
https://youtu.be/0LFuVoCJk24
LED has been the biggest revolution in lghting/lighting techonogy sice Edison inveted the incandest lamp.
Since1874 fiu/few years before Edison invented the light bulb we have successfully mastered all the chanlleges before?
This revolutions was/were films, predicted in 1922 by, Thomas Edison, the American who invented the electric light bulb.

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First of all Who are you? This is not really a definitions of an inventor. Do you know the meaning of Lord? Please write you name and do a better research.
Miss Patri

The inventors are People who invent objects or  things like the lord who invented the Chupachups