History lesson 35 essay

The first invention I learned about was the Combine Harvester. John Hascall met Hiram Moore in Michigan, where Moore built his Combine to solve Hascall’s harvesting problems. The combine can harvest 30 acers a day at an 80% reduction in the cost of thrashing. Moore was not successful in selling the combine, but his combineContinue reading “History lesson 35 essay”

History lesson 30 essay

The first invention I learned about this week was the platform scale. Thaddeus Fairbanks invented the platform scale in 1830, while trying to figure out how to weigh large loads. The platform scale makes it easy to weigh large heavy objects without large counter weights or cranes. Fairbanks scale began to sell throughout the worldContinue reading “History lesson 30 essay”

History lesson 25 essay

The first invention I learned about this week was the microphone. Charles Wheatstone invented the concept of the microphone in 1827. Microphones convert sound waves into electric signals for amplification, storage, and transmission. Soon after Wheatstone furthered progress on the electric telegraph. The evolution into the telephone led Thomas Edison to invent the modern microphoneContinue reading “History lesson 25 essay”