The Stories Of Inventions...

 

Inventions

 

 

Inventions are new ideas that solve problems or prove useful to us. Thousands of years of brilliant brainpower have resulted in things and ideas that have transformed people’s lives. Even in the modern world, people keep coming up with new ideas and inventions.

*Thomas Edison (1847–1931) was an American master of invention, patenting 1,093 ideas in his lifetime, including batteries and light bulbs.

                       The Great Thomas Edison…

Hand axe- The hand axe was the first stone tool in prehistoric times. People dug for flint, which they shaped into handcrafted axes to cut meat, chop wood, scrape skins, and protect themselves. Hand axes were used for more than a million years.

Wheel-

The wheel was invented more than 5,000 years ago in Mesopotamia (part of modern-day Iraq). Wooden discs were attached to animal carts to carry heavy loads. Later, wheels became lighter, which made them faster and smoother.(Picture2)

Steam engine- The first steam engines were used to pump water out of mines. Later, engines were used to power factories and trains. George Stephenson’s Rocket train was built in 1829.

Flight- In 1903, American brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright built a glider with a light engine. Although Flyer took off for only 12 seconds over 120 ft (37 m), it was the first-ever powered flight.

Plastics- Plastics are cheap to make, easy to shape, and last a long time. They can be hard, soft, or bendy. The first human-made plastic was made by Belgium-born chemist Leo Baekeland in 1905. Now plastics are all around us.

Antibiotics- Infection-fighting antibiotics battle bacteria inside the body. They were discovered by accident in 1928, when Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming noticed bacteria dying around mold in his lab. The bacteria-killing chemical penicillin has since saved many lives.

Computers- Computers are electric machines that follow instructions. Modern computers can do billions of sums every second. We use them to find, store, and share information. The idea of a computer was invented by English engineer Charles Babbage in the 1830s.(Picture7)

*The first electronic computer, ENIAC, was huge, filling a room measuring 50 ft  (15 m) long.

 

 

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