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    ANCIENT CHINESE INVENTIONS

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    ANCIENT CHINESE INVENTIONS            The Chinese invented many useful inventions such as Gunpowder‚ hang gliders‚ and the compass. Today these inventions are used daily in our everyday lives. Currently gunpowder is used in fireworks and deadly weapons such as guns. The compass is used when people are outdoors‚ hiking‚ or camping. Hang glider is used for recreation. People get on top of a high ledge and jump off to get acceleration. Now these ancient inventions are used every day and are very

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    invention of telephone

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    telephone his intent was to create a device that would make communication over great distances easier. Today‚ when we want to talk to another person‚ what do we do? We pick up the telephone‚ scroll through our contacts‚ and press send. Because of the technology that was first invented in the mid 1800’s we can instantly connect to people in other cities‚ states‚ and even other countries. But have you ever wondered how different today’s world would be without the invention of the telephone? In

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    The invention of paper

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    The Invention of Paper Try to imagine a life without paper. Even in this era of emails and digital books‚ paper is all around us. Shopping bags‚ paper money‚ store receipts‚ cereal boxes‚ toilet paper‚ etc.‚ prove we use paper in many ways every day. Islamic people helped spread paper to the west‚ where paper started to be produced more and more and finally‚ printed as we know it today. But‚ Before Muslims spread paper into the west; recently‚ archeologist’s extravagated letters written in Sogdian

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    Modern Inventions

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    The most important invention of ALL time has to be the invention of Apple Incorporated. It is a multinational corporation that creates consumer electronics‚ computer software‚ and a commercial server. Apple’s most popular inventions are the iPhone‚ iPod music player‚ and Macintosh computer line-up. (WHO)The inventers of Apple Inc. are Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.(WHERE) Apple Inc. was incorporated in January 3‚ 1977‚ in Cupertino‚ California. (WHEN)The inspiration came from when Mr. Wozniak attended

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    Best invention

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    The mobile phone—world’s best invention On 10th of March‚ 1876 Alexander Graham Bell transmitted the first speech using electricity. From that day forward‚ the telephone system changed every aspect of life. Although it did not immediately change the world‚ it set communication on a path that would change the future of communication. Mobile phones appeared in the early 1980’s and today there are millions in use. Today‚ mobile phones do much more than just allow for voice conversation‚ mobile phones

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    ‘’We learn from failure‚ not from success’’ The greatest achievements in life are the ones that are most difficult to overcome. The challenges that require you to give it you’re all‚ and leave everything out there. In life failure has a negative connotation‚ but what most people don’t know‚ is that defeats are actually the steppingstones that lead us to success. Many of us try to evade failure but in fact‚ ‘’we learn from failure‚ not from success.’’ On a day-to-day basis many lessons have been

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    Valuable Invention

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    the state. Amen .” what would happen to your personality and sense of individuality if you were taugh from a early age that you were “nothing”? * If I was taught that I was nothing there would be a very big difference in this world. First I wouldn’t have a peronality. We would not be able to do anything at all. If I was taught that I was nothin then I would be a rebel and disagree. There are many reasons for disagreeing. It would be a world of no free will and then I would get a group to join

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    Invention Of Baseball

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    Many of us have probably heard about how Abner Doubleday invented the game of baseball. How he became a Civil War hero while baseball was growing in America. But sadly‚ this is not true at all. Doubleday was still involved in the war in West Point‚ and claimed he had nothing to do with the invention of baseball. The story was told around by a former major league player Aj Spalding claiming he got the story from Abner Graves‚ a mining engineer. Later on major league officials talk and rely on the

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    Dumbest Inventions

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    inventive devices. It is amazing that such unique and seemingly crazy ideas can turn a profit‚ but we have found 10 of dumbest inventions that did just that! To find out how these crazy inventions miraculously earned their inventors millions of dollars‚ all you have to do is read along! Don’t forget to return for our coming part two article‚ with the top five dumbest inventions that made way too much money! Number Ten: The Inventive Doggles This unique head accessory is made for canines who always

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    Inventions of the Renaissance Clocks 
The first mechanical clock was invented in the early 1300’s. With this invention time began to be measured in hours (24 hours equaling a day). Galileo‚ an Italian scientist‚ discovered the pendulum in 1581. The pendulum greatly improved the constant movement of the hands or bell of a clock. The average error with the pendulum varied only by seconds each day. Before this the error was from 10 to 15 minutes a day. During the 1600’s the metallic gear‚ or toothed

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