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- 8. The New Machine Nov 11, 2012
- Henry Ford devises a plan for a gas-powered car; McKinley is assassinated.
- 7. When One Ends, Another Begins Nov 11, 2012
- Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carnegie and Morgan plan to buy the White House.
- 6. Owning It All Oct 30, 2012
- The Edison Electric Company is created and begins wiring homes in New York.
Aug 22, 2024 · Wyatt Earp and the Cowboy War is Netflix's latest historical docuseries whose cast plays a wide range of historical characters connected to one of the most famous Western gunfights of all-time.
2 days ago · After the Civil War, a new era and new leaders emerged in the form of entrepreneurial rockstars; Cornelius Vanderbilt's rise as a self-made man and success in the shipping industry; Personal tragedy, loss of his son, and its impact on his business operations and family dynamics
2 days ago · In July 1942, Turing devised a technique termed Turingery (or jokingly Turingismus [119]) for use against the Lorenz cipher messages produced by the Germans' new Geheimschreiber (secret writer) machine.
5 days ago · Some history shows look at many different facets of history, like the ancient world. Others focus on food, machines, and people that have influenced a place, like The Engineering That Built The World and High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America.
Aug 21, 2024 · James Watt (born January 19, 1736, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland—died August 25, 1819, Heathfield Hall, near Birmingham, Warwick, England) was a Scottish instrument maker and inventor whose steam engine contributed substantially to the Industrial Revolution.
- James Watt was an 18th-century inventor and instrument maker. Although Watt invented and improved a number of industrial technologies, he is best r...
- James Watt did not invent the steam engine. He did, however, improve the engine apparatus. In 1764 Watt observed a flaw in the Newcomen steam engin...
- James Watt’s steam engine had an enormous impact on 18th-century industrial society. It was both more efficient and more cost-effective than earlie...
- It is! James Watt’s contribution to industry efficiency was commemorated by naming the watt (W) for him. The watt is the unit of power in the Inter...
2 days ago · Wright brothers. Orville (left) and Wilbur Wright in 1905. Nationality. American. Other names. Will and Orv. The Bishop's boys. Known for. Inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane with the Wright Flyer, which pioneered the use of an effective flight control system.
Aug 22, 2024 · American physicist John Mauchly, American engineer J. Presper Eckert, Jr., and their colleagues at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania led a government-funded project to build an all-electronic computer.
