American inventors by Joshua Guo https://padlet.com/joshuaguo007/8it98uh9rzzd Made with mirth en-us 2017-09-11 19:20:44 UTC 2023-03-11 07:48:24 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Basketball.png Benjamin Franklin–lightening rod joshuaguo007 https://padlet.com/joshuaguo007/8it98uh9rzzd/wish/187276219 Benjamin Franklin wanted his experiment to be practical, so he developed the lightning rod. A tall rod is attached to the outside wall of the house. One end of the rod points up into the sky; the other end is connected to a cable, which stretches down the side of the house to the ground. The end of the cable is then buried at least ten feet underground. The rod attracts the lightning and sends the charge into the ground, which helps to decrease a number of fires.
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–Morse code
Morse code is a method of transmitting text information as a series of on-off tones, lights, or clicks that can be directly understood by a skilled listener or observer without special equipment. It is named for Samuel F. B. Morse, an inventor of the telegraph.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse_code
]]> 2017-09-13 18:24:47 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuaguo007/8it98uh9rzzd/wish/187310912 joshuaguo007 https://padlet.com/joshuaguo007/8it98uh9rzzd/wish/187815187 2017-09-15 04:17:38 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuaguo007/8it98uh9rzzd/wish/187815187 joshuaguo007 https://padlet.com/joshuaguo007/8it98uh9rzzd/wish/187815291 2017-09-15 04:18:34 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuaguo007/8it98uh9rzzd/wish/187815291 Eli Whitney– joshuaguo007 https://padlet.com/joshuaguo007/8it98uh9rzzd/wish/187818070 A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, allowing for much greater productivity than manual cotton separation.[2] The fibers are then processed into various cotton goods such as linens, while any undamaged cotton is used largely for textiles like clothing. Seeds may be used to grow more cotton or to produce cottonseed oil.
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