Reading Time: 7 minutes Dairy, sugar, and cold. Those simple ingredients are all that’s really needed for ice cream to be ice cream. But even at its most basic, ice cream is really anything but simple. The ancient origins of ice cream It’s impossible
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James Hargreaves’ Spinning Jenny
Reading Time: 7 minutes James Hargreaves’ Spinning Jenny was one of the most important inventions of the 18th century that massively improved the weaving industry, and that signaled the onset of the Industrial Revolution. After John Kay’s Flying Shuttle, Hargreaves’ Spinning Jenny is one
Continue readingRobert Fulton’s Invention of the Steamboat
Reading Time: 7 minutes Robert Fulton was the man who created an invention that would change the way the world moved. He recognized early on that transport, particularly water transportation could be significantly improved by powering boats with a steam engine. While Robert Fulton
Continue readingHow Henry Bessemer Changed the Steel Industry
Reading Time: 7 minutes Sir Henry Bessemer was an English inventor and engineer that is popularly known for being the first to develop and process steel inexpensively, later contributing to the invention of the “Bessemer converter.” Sir Henry changed the steel industry in a
Continue readingSamuel Morse and the Telegraph Invention
Reading Time: 9 minutes The advancement of technology in the 19th century ushered in a new way in which messages were relayed and received. No other invention in the field of communications had a larger impact then Samuel Morse and the Telegraph. This innovation
Continue readingEli Whitney’s Cotton Gin
Reading Time: 7 minutes One of the most famous but also controversial of all inventions is Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin. By learning from successful inventors, history provides us many valuable lessons. One example of this is the story of Eli Whitney, the well-known inventor
Continue readingJames Watt and the invention of the Steam Engine
Reading Time: 7 minutes James Watt’s steam engine is known as one of the most influential innovations in human history. It was developed and engineered by him over many years. He was a Scottish inventor, engineer, and chemist. Who was James Watt, and what
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