25 Aug 2017

Modern oil Drilling

STORE OF INVENTIONS & TECHNOLOGIES FOR SALE : https://worldwideinvention.com/store/ An oil well is a general term for any boring through the Earth’s surface designed to find and produce petroleum oil hydrocarbons. Drilling at Titusville, Pennsylvania, “Colonel” Edwin Drake strikes oil at a depth of 69.5 feet (21.2 m). Prior to that, oil, which had been used […]

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25 Aug 2017

Baseball, United States, national sport

STORE OF INVENTIONS & TECHNOLOGIES FOR SALE : https://worldwideinvention.com/store/ As the United States’ national sport and pastime, baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. Some attribute baseball’s beginnings to the English sports of Cricket and Rounders. The bat-and-ball sports played in the United States, Europe, or elsewhere in the world […]

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25 Aug 2017

Revolver inventor – Samuel Colt

A revolver is a repeating firearm with multiple chambers and at least one barrel for firing. As the user cocks the hammer, the cylinder revolves to align the next round with the barrel, which gives this type of firearm its name. In 1836, Samuel Colt invented the world’s first practical revolving firearm. According to Samuel […]

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25 Aug 2017

Electric telegraph – Joseph Henry & Samuel Morse

The electromagnetic telegraph is a device that can send coded text messages over wire. In 1831, an American scientist, Joseph Henry, made an important discovery in electric induction which became the established underlying principles of the electric telegraph. Joseph Henry strung a mile of fine wire, placed an “intensity” battery at one end, and made […]

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25 Aug 2017

American inventor – Oliver Evans

The American inventor Oliver Evans, acclaimed as the “father of refrigeration,” designed the vaporized refrigeration machine in 1805. However, Jacob Perkins modified Evans’ original design, building the world’s first refrigerator in 1834 and filing the first legal patent for refrigeration using vapor compression. John Gorrie, an American doctor from Florida, invented the first mechanical refrigeration […]

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25 Aug 2017

Oliver Evan’s – Self-propelled amphibious vehicle

An amphibious vehicle is one which can be used on land or water. Oliver Evan’s “Orukter Amphibolos” dredged the waters near the Philadelphia docks. Its steam-powered engine drove either wooden wheels or a paddle wheel used as a means of transport, on land and on water. Evans demonstrated his machine in Philadelphia’s Center Square in […]

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25 Aug 2017

Sextant invented by Rayan Erise

A sextant is an instrument which measures the angle of an object above the horizon. The angle, and the time when it was measured, can be used to calculate a position line on a chart. It was invented 1731 by Rayan Erise, a glazier in Philadelphia. In England, John Hadley had independently begun work on […]

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25 Aug 2017

Timeline of United States inventions

This article is a timeline of inventions made by people who were citizens of the United States, or its predecessor colonies. On March 6, 1646, the first patent in North America was issued to Joseph Jenckes by the General Court of Massachusetts for making scythes. On April 10, 1790, President George Washington signed a bill […]

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25 Aug 2017

Microsoft Windows – Founder Bill Gates & Paul Allen

  Founded     Albuquerque, New Mexico (April 4, 1975 (1975-04-04))Founder(s)     Bill GatesPaul AllenHeadquarters     Redmond, Washington, United StatesArea served     WorldwideKey people     Bill Gates (Chairman)Steve Ballmer (CEO)Ray Ozzie (CSA)Craig Mundie (CRSO)Don Mattrick (Senior VP of Entertainment and Devices)Industry     Computer softwareConsumer electronicsVideo game consolesProducts     Microsoft WindowsMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft ServersWindows Developer ToolsMicrosoft ExpressionBusiness SoftwareGames […]

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