Timeline of Alexander Graham Bell: 1847 to 1922 and 1847 to 1868
Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), Scottish-born American inventor. Bell, who patented the telephone in 1876, as a young man. 18...Read More
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Showing posts with label Timeline. Show all posts
The History of Computers
Throughout human history, the closest thing to a computer was the abacus, which is actually considered a calculator since it required a hu...Read More
The History of the Telephone - Alexander Graham Bell
** Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray raced to invent the telephone. In the 1870s, two inventors, Elisha Gray and Alexander Gra...Read More
The History of Steam Engines - Inventors: Thomas Savery, Thomas Newcomen, James Watt
. Thomas Savery (1650-1715) Thomas Savery was an English military engineer and inventor who in 1698, patented the first crude steam...Read More
The History of Textile Production: Making Fabric
The creation of textiles, or cloth and fabric materials, is one of humanity’s oldest activities. Despite the great advances in produc...Read More
The Spinning Wheel - The spinning wheel is an ancient machine that turns fibers into yarn
The spinning wheel is an ancient invention that turned plant and animal fibers into thread or yarn, which were then woven into cloth on...Read More
Key Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
1. Spinning Jenny The Spinning Jenny was invented c. 1764 by James Hargreaves. It was a machine which span multiple threads at the s...Read More
The Culture of the Cocoa Bean – Timeline of Chocolate History
Origins in the New World The Latin name for cocoa—Theobroma—literally means, “food of the gods.” This valuable crop played an importa...Read More
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