Great inventions of the age of industry by Melissa Pinto https://padlet.com/a_melissapinto/yehvyq7alumoboen An invention is a unique or novel device, method, composition or process, try and make your own!!! en-us 2021-03-17 22:52:17 UTC 2023-05-23 01:29:25 UTC hello@padlet.com Steam Engine a_melissapinto https://padlet.com/a_melissapinto/yehvyq7alumoboen/wish/1323025524 Some old steam engines are still used in certain areas of the world and in antique locomotives. However, steam power is still heavily used around the world in various applications.

thomas newcomen]]> 2021-03-17 22:58:07 UTC https://padlet.com/a_melissapinto/yehvyq7alumoboen/wish/1323025524 Spinning Jenny a_melissapinto https://padlet.com/a_melissapinto/yehvyq7alumoboen/wish/1323026957 the patent for which is shown here, would revolutionist the process of cotton spinning. The machine used eight spindles onto which the thread was spun, so by turning a single wheel, the operator could now spin eight threads at once.

James Hargreaves]]> 2021-03-17 22:58:53 UTC https://padlet.com/a_melissapinto/yehvyq7alumoboen/wish/1323026957 seed drill a_melissapinto https://padlet.com/a_melissapinto/yehvyq7alumoboen/wish/1323027105 A device that sows the seeds for crops by metering out individual seeds, positioning them in the soil, and covering them to a certain average depth.

Jethro Tull]]> 2021-03-17 22:58:58 UTC https://padlet.com/a_melissapinto/yehvyq7alumoboen/wish/1323027105 electric battery a_melissapinto https://padlet.com/a_melissapinto/yehvyq7alumoboen/wish/1323027633 The first true battery was invented by the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta in 1800. Volta stacked discs of copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn) separated by cloth soaked in salty water. Wires connected to either end of the stack produced a continuous stable current.

Alessandro Volta]]> 2021-03-17 22:59:14 UTC https://padlet.com/a_melissapinto/yehvyq7alumoboen/wish/1323027633 steamboat a_melissapinto https://padlet.com/a_melissapinto/yehvyq7alumoboen/wish/1323028652 Clermont
The first successful steamboat was the Clermont, which was built by American inventor Robert Fulton in 1807. systems and, eventually, moved to France to work on canals. It was in France that he met Robert Livingston.


Robert Fulton
]]> 2021-03-17 22:59:46 UTC https://padlet.com/a_melissapinto/yehvyq7alumoboen/wish/1323028652 electric motor a_melissapinto https://padlet.com/a_melissapinto/yehvyq7alumoboen/wish/1323028997  An electric motor is an electrical machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy. 

Michael Faraday]]> 2021-03-17 22:59:57 UTC https://padlet.com/a_melissapinto/yehvyq7alumoboen/wish/1323028997 zipper a_melissapinto https://padlet.com/a_melissapinto/yehvyq7alumoboen/wish/1323029693 From its humble beginnings as an "Automatic Continuous Clothing Closure" invented in 1851 by Elias Howe to the "Clasp Locker" patent in 1893 and marketed by Mr. Whitcomb Judson, the zipper as we know it today, had little commerical success.

Whitcomb L. Judson]]> 2021-03-17 23:00:19 UTC https://padlet.com/a_melissapinto/yehvyq7alumoboen/wish/1323029693 automobile a_melissapinto https://padlet.com/a_melissapinto/yehvyq7alumoboen/wish/1323029944 On January 29, 1886, Carl Benz applied for a patent for his “vehicle powered by a gas engine.” The patent – number 37435 – may be regarded as the birth certificate of the automobile. In July 1886 the newspapers reported on the first public outing of the three-wheeled Benz Patent Motor Car, model no. 1

Karl Benz]]> 2021-03-17 23:00:28 UTC https://padlet.com/a_melissapinto/yehvyq7alumoboen/wish/1323029944 typewriter a_melissapinto https://padlet.com/a_melissapinto/yehvyq7alumoboen/wish/1323030121 a machine with keys for producing alphabetical characters, numerals, and typographical symbols one at a time on paper inserted round a roller.

Christopher Latham Sholes]]> 2021-03-17 23:00:34 UTC https://padlet.com/a_melissapinto/yehvyq7alumoboen/wish/1323030121 electric telegraph a_melissapinto https://padlet.com/a_melissapinto/yehvyq7alumoboen/wish/1323030617 An electrical telegraph is a point-to-point text messaging system, primarily used from the 1840s until the mid 20th century when it was slowly replaced by other telecommunication systems. It used coded pulses of electric current through dedicated wires to transmit information over long distances.

David Alter]]> 2021-03-17 23:00:47 UTC https://padlet.com/a_melissapinto/yehvyq7alumoboen/wish/1323030617