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INVENTIONS
The light bulb
• Who was it invented by?Tomas Edison
• When was it invented?1800
• What is it made of?glass and metal
The airplane
• Who was it invented by?
Brothers Wright• When was it
invented?1903
• What is it made of?glass and metal
The radio
• Who was it invented by?
Marconi• When was it
invented?1895
• What is it made of?plastic and metal
The TV
• Who was it invented by?
Zworykin • When was it
invented?1923
• What is it made of?plastic and metal
Inventions
Student A1. Ice-cream2. Kaleidoscopes3. Laptop computer4. Safety pin5. Umbrella
Student B1. Xerox2. Jacuzzi3. Mackintosh Raincoat4. Nail Polish5. Walkman
Passive Voice• Your manager must write the report
• The report must be written by manager• The children are organizing a party
• The party is being organized• He will finish the work
• The work will be finished• They showed John some photos
• The photos were shown to John• Two different teachers have marked the exams
• The exams have been marked by two teachers• Someone has given me a present
• I have been given a present• A woman was training dogs.
• Dogs were being trained by a woman
Ice-cream • The origins of ice cream can be traced back to at
least the 4th century B.C. Early references include the Roman emperor Nero (A.D. 37-68) who ordered ice to be brought from the mountains and combined with fruit toppings, and King Tang (A.D. 618-97) of Shang, China who had a method of creating ice and milk cocktails. Ice cream was likely brought from China back to Europe. Over time, recipes for ices, sherbets, and milk ices were served in the fashionable Italian and French royal courts.
Kaleidoscopes• The kaleidoscope was invented by , a Scottish
scientist, in 1816, and (GB 4136) by him in 1817. He named his invention after the Greek words, kalos or beautiful, eidos or form, and scopos or watcher. So kaleidoscope means the beautiful form watcher. Brewster's kaleidoscope was a tube containing loose pieces of colored glass and other pretty objects, reflected by mirrors or glass lenses set at angles, that created patterns when viewed through the end of the tube.
Laptop computer• It is a little hard to determine what was the first portable or
laptop computer, the first portable computers did not look like the book-sized and folding laptops that we are familiar with today, however, they were portable, and lead to the development of notebook style laptops. I have outlined several potential firsts below and how each qualifies, many of the off-site links provide good photos of the computers that will let you see the progression in design. Designed in 1979 by a Briton, William Moggridge, for Grid Systems Corporation, the Grid Compass was one fifth the weight of any model equivalent in performance and was used by NASA on the space shuttle program in the early 1980's.
Safety pin• The modern safety pin was the invention
of Walter Hunt. For those of you who don't know what a safety pin is; it is an object commonly used to fasten clothing (i.e. cloth diapers) together. The very first pins used for clothing date back to the Mycenaeans during the 14th century BCE and were called fibulae.
Umbrella• The basic umbrella was invented over four thousand years
ago. We have seen evidence of umbrellas in the ancient art and artifacts of Egypt, Assyria, Greece, and China. These ancient umbrellas, were first designed to provide shade from the sun. The Chinese were the first to waterproof their umbrellas for use as rain protection. They waxed their paper parasols in order to use them for rain. The word "umbrella" comes from the Latin root word "umbra", meaning shade or shadow. Starting in the 16th century umbrella became popular to the western world, especially in the rainy weather of northern Europe. The first all umbrella shop was called "James Smith and Sons". The shop opened in 1830, and is still located at 53 New Oxford St., in London, England.
Xerox
• In 1937, the process called Xerography was invented by American law student Chester Carlson. Carlson had invented a copying process based on electrostatic energy. Xerography became commercially available in 1950 by the Xerox Corporation. Xerography comes from the Greek for "dry writing".
Jacuzzi
• In 1968, invented and marketed the first self-contained, fully integrated whirlpool bath by incorporating jets into the sides of the tub. Jacuzzi ® is the trademarked name for the invention. The Jacuzzi trademark is shown in both the Oxford and Webster's dictionaries, recognizing Jacuzzi as the inventor of the whirlpool bath. The Jacuzzi Bros. introduce their Whirlpool bath at California's Orange County Fair. In addition to the first whirlpool bath patent. The has 250 world wide patents for advancements in pump systems, jet technology, air controls and product design.
Mackintosh Raincoat• In 1823, Scottish chemist Charles Macintosh
patented a method for making waterproof things by using rubber dissolved in coal-tar naphtha for cementing two pieces of cloth together. The now famous macintosh raincoat was named after Charles Macintosh. Macintosh raincoats were first made using the methods developed by Charles Macintosh.
Nail Polish• Nail polish can be traced back to at least 3000 BC.
The Chinese found ways to use egg whites, gelatin, and bees wax to create varnishes and lacquers for the nails. The Egyptians used henna to colour their fingernails. Nail color often represented social class. During the Chou Dynasty, (circa 600 BC) gold and silver were the royal colors. Later, royalty starting wearing black or red nail color. Lower ranking women were only permitted to wear pale tones. Wearing royal colors without the rank was punished by death.
Walkman• According to Sony, "In 1979, an empire in
personal portable entertainment was created by Masaru Ibuka, and Sony Founder Akio Morita. It began with the invention of the first cassette Walkman TPS-L2 that forever changed the way consumers listen to music. The developers of the first Sony Walkman were Kozo Ohsone, general manager of the Sony Tape Recorder Business Division, and his staff, under the suggestions of Ibuka and Morita.