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    On a daily basis, people come across hundreds of inventions that are made around the world. Each one of these inventions have profoundly affected the way people live their lives. China is one of the leading providers to the United States. They have also made various inventions that people benefit from today. One of China 's earliest inventions was paper. This invention was developed in 105AD and has become a product people still use today. The ingredients that were used to make paper was a variety

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    developed machines that made doing all that easier. Inventions and innovations like dynamite, the railroads, and the telegraph helped the United States’ economy grow. Scientist developed, a railroad that connected New York City to San Francisco, a telegraph that could send messages across long distances within minutes, and dynamite which could blow up anything along its path. The United States had a small, weak, economy, until the mid-1800s when inventions and innovations united and strengthened the economy

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    Inventors and Inventions What does it mean to invent something? Has anyone ever truly invented anything? Wikipedia defines invention as “a unique or novel device”. At Dictionary.com the definition is better described as “U.S. Patent Law: a new, useful process, machine, improvement, etc., that did not exist previously and that is recognized as the product of some unique intuition or genius, as distinguished from ordinary mechanical skill or craftsmanship.” While the patent office is filled

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    Airplane Invention

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    states that invent means “to originate or create as a product of one's own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance.” Inventions have shaped the world and helped the earth evolve incredibly. Without these developments, the lives of everyone in the world would not be the same. Computers, phones, televisions, houses, and many other creations would not exist. However certain inventions prove to stand greater than others, including phones, airplanes and light bulbs. Firstly, telephones, invented by

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    Prometheus's Invention

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    Prometheus tried to convince the Council of Scholars that his invention merited their support due to the ability of his invention being able to change the world and that he believed that the Council of Scholars would not of think of this invention in the future (74). Firstly, he believed that his invention could have changed the world by changing how they used light. By having this invention, they wouldn’t need old fashioned candles and torches because now they would have electricity (73). By having

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    The Chinese Inventions

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    their time and paved the way for many new inventions throughout the world. The Chinese were more advanced than most countries. They invented the compass, which allowed for further travel aboard ships. They even knew that iron had magnetic properties. So this proves that the Chinese were advanced. These inventions are still used today and were adopted from the Chinese. The Europeans adopted inventions like the crossbow and the gun. The most important invention from the Chinese is paper. Paper still

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    The Invention Essay

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    you? Ideas are typically modified in the development stage, meaning your original idea may evolve into something different or even spawn two or more spinoff ideas, equally valuable and worth pursuing. Although the technical aspects of bringing an invention to the production stage are tedious and challenging, this is a crucial stage for you and will determine the economic feasibility of moving forward. You need to figure out who you can trust, where your startup capital is going to come from and whether

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    one of the FOUR GREAT INVENTIONS. Gunpowder also brought new inventions to the 19th century. It brought new technology for military wise, a new type of warfare developed. Gunpowder empires began to develop known as the ottoman, Safadi, and Mughal. They were among the most strongest, successful and powerful with the gunpowder. Gunpowder was very famous and is still famous till this day. It has also helped to develop new machines and technology. Gunpowder was a great invention because the way it helped

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    Accidental Inventions

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    “Accidental” discoveries are inventions that were discovered through no intention of discovery. From the good to the bad these types of inventions have changed our lives forever. These types of things are both things we use everyday, down to food people eat everyday. Food is a necessity to live, but what will surprise you is that some of the food people today were all “accidental” discoveries. Saccharin is an artificial sweetener people use to sweeten their food. This was discovered in 1879 when

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    In 1920, Earle Dickson made an invention that would change every parent's, child's and chef's life; the band-aid. Earle's wife was a bit of a klutz and she frequently burned or cut herself while cooking. One day after an especially bad cut, a lightbulb went off in his head. He had a brilliant idea. He cut patches of gauze and applied them to strips of adhesive tape, which he then covered with the fabric crinoline. Dickson worked at Johnson & Johnson, and he thought that everyone there would be impressed

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