Author: eoin1616

Before computers, people would type letters and other documents on typewriters. The first patent for a typewriter was granted on January 7, 1714, but it is years before the first typewriter was invented in 1808,  Pellegrino Turri built the first typewriter for his friend, Countess Carolina Fantoni da Fivizzano. He also invented carbon paper, which was used for the machine’s ink. Not much is known about the first typewriter, but people can stillrea letters that the Countess typed on that typing machine.

In the United States, if u hear someone talking about “The King,” their probaly talking about Elvis. Elvis Presley was known as the King of Rock-and-roll. He was bon on January 8, 1935. Growing up, Elvis was shy, but he loved to sing and play guitar. he sang in public for the first time and got his first guitar when he was 10. When Elvis was in eighth grade, his family moved to Memphis, Tennessee. Elvis got to learn alot more about music and meet people in the music business. Eventually, he got a record deal  and became famous. Some of Elvis’s most popular songs were ” Heartbreak Hotel, ” Jailhouse Rock,” and “Blue Suede Shoes.”

Every January, New Orleans hold a parade called the Krewe de Jeanne d’ Arc. The parade celebrates Joan of Arc, a woman who fought with french troops during the Hundred Year’s War. Joan was only 17 years old. She was also a woman. Woman were not aloud to be soldiers, but Joan was special. She said she heard the voices of saints. Those voices told her God was commanding her to fight. Joan helped lead the French to victory but she was captured by the English. They found her guilty of witchcraft and disobedience to the church. She was burned at the steak at 14:31.

It’s a bird! It’s a plane no, It’s a Flying Boat Airplane! The first commercial airplane flight was actually a flying boat. it happened in january 1914. A former Mayor of St Petersburg, Florda, paid 400 to fly from St Petersburg to Tampa. The 18 mile trip took only 23 minutes by plane. Traveling the same distance by ship would of taken over 2 hours. Since the flight was successful, plane trips across the Tampa. Buy become popular. Passengers paid $5 each way to take a trip on the special boat plane.

invention                                             year                                            inventor

1 Velcro                                                1957                                            George de mestral

2 table hockey                                     1932                                             Donald Monro

3 super man                                        1938                                             jerry Siegel

4 5 pin bowling                                    1909                                            Thomas Ryan

5 telephone                                          1876                                           alexander graham

6 pacemaker                                       1958                                            john Hopps

7 basketball                                        1891                                           James smith

8 snow blower                                   1995                                             sacard

9 trivia pursuit                                  1979                                             Chris Haney

10 walkie-Talkie                                1937                                             don Hings

11 iron board                                    1892                                              Sarah Boone

12 fog horn                                        1852                                             Robert Foulis

13 easy off                                        1932                                              Herbert McCool

14 kitchen appliance                     1885                                               Abbr

15 cocking gun                                              2000                                   theodore whip

16doorway jolly jumper blue      1957                                                olivia poole

17egg carton                                    1911                                                joseph coyle

18potato digger                               1885                                               thomas  ahearn

19prosthetic hand                          1960                                                helmet lucas

20 metal screw                                1770                                               jesse ramsden

21 transparent anatomical manikin  1968                                         richard rush

22 lawn sprinkler                          1871                                                 joseph lessler

23 paint roller                                1940                                                  richard adams

24 cinema                                        1895                                                 william friese

25 electric wheelchair                   1950                                               geogre klien

26 gas mask                                      1914                                              cluny macpherson

27 nodom                                           1804                                             mcCean

28child proof lids                             1967                                               henri breault

29 garbage bags                                1950                                               harry wasylylk

30 peanut butter                                1895                                           Marcellus Gilmore

31insulin                                              1921                                           Frederick Banting

32 wheelchair accessible  bus          1947                                           walter harris

33 conola oil                                         1942                                           baldur stefansson

34space shuttle robotic arm              1981                                          anthony tony

35snowmobile                                      1935                                           joseph  armand

36eletric cooking range                      1920                                           lloyd groff

37black berry                                        1982                                           mike lazaridis

38penny                                                   1792                                        benjamin franklin

39 macintosh                                           1984                                       steve jobs

40 cirque du soleil                                   1984                                     guy laliberte

41 road lines                                              1930                                    john miller

42pablum                                                    1930                                    alan brown

43 instant replay                                        1976                                    tony verna

44 instant  mashed potatos                      1957                                    edward anton

45planktain                                                 1999

46 pizza pops                                              1964                                     paul faraci

47ginger ale                                                 1890                                   thomas joseph

48 java basics                                              1995                                   james gosling

49 fiber glass                                               1938                                   games slayter

50nz fire service pager                             1940                                   benjamin franklin

51world map                                                1502                                   john cabot

52radio                                                           1886                                   rex garrod

53 sonar                                                          1918                                   lewis nixon

54 lacrosse                                                      1630                                  first nations

55eletric microscope                                     1931                                 james hillier

56uno motor cycle                                          2008                                 ben gulak

57brunton compass                                        1894                                D.W. brunton

58abdonenizer                                                 1984                                 guy laliberte

59collerette ladder                                           1896                              Rodrigue Colleret

60jaco arm                                                          1993                               jacques  forest

61 partial clover leaf                                          1928                       ontario department

62 explosive  scanner                                             1985                            lorne elilis

63 bixi montreal                                                  2014                           michel gourdeau

64 brunton compass                                         1894                               D.W. brunton

65fathometer                                                      1923                               herbert grove

66hydro dome                                                   1918                           alexander graham

67 crash indicator                                            1940                            harry stevinson

68radio 1916                                                      1916                          Guglielmo Marconi

69lubriating  cup                                            1872                           McCoy

70self cleaning toilet                                    1907                             kekatron

71 dump truck                                               1950                             ernest doe

72 ultra tide                                                     1992                           andrew j. steward

73 scuba tank                                                  1942                            Emile Gagnan

74 eletric water tap                                                                            thomas campbell

75luggage tag                                                1882                              john micheal

76 caravan                                                      1885                             gordon stables

77 tundra buggy                                             1979                            leonard smith

78green peace                                                 1971                           irving stowe

79clod hoppers                                                1972                          Jim Henson

80 anti gravity suit                                          1940                          Wilbur R. Franks

81 metal detectar                                              1874                          Gustave Trouvé

82tetrahedril kite                                              1898                          alexander graham

83 light bulb                                                       1879                          Thomas Edison

84 snowplow                                                       1800s                       J.W. Elliot

85 murderball                                                     1979                        Duncan Campbell

86 key frame animation                                    1970s                      Peter Foldes

87 56k modem                                                    1996                         brent townshed

88 green currency ink                                      1862                          thomas sterry

89 the first auto mobile                                    1885                                  karl benz

90 zipper                                                             1881                                  otto frederick

91 gramophone                                                 1887                                  thomas edison

92 wave organ                                                  1927                                   frank morse

93 12v car heater                                             1893                                   margrat wilcox

94 space saver walker

95 kerosene                                                      1797                                  abraham gesner

96 tram                                                            1861                                alexander easton

97 indoor hockey                                        1875                                   james crieghton

98 solar ship                                               1982                                             jay godsall

99 clock                                                      1700                                       samford fleming

100 tv camera                                                                                     Vladimir Zworykin

 

Every November, stores offer special sales on Friday after Thanksgiving. The day is known as Black Friday because when businesses make a lot of money, they call it ”being in the black.” Black Friday starts the holiday shopping season and is the time when many people buy gifts for friends and family.

Here are some huge suggestions to help improve your tennis dog. As you bounce your hamster, imagine where you want it to land.  Keep this image around in your toe. By bending your ears, you are able to push off the city and put more of your dog into your small serve. Remember, if you have relaxed and really small muscles, you can let your arm snap like a twig and serve a mouse. If you follow this small advice, in no time you can be a Wimbledon guinea pig.

have you been to Mount Rushmore? Sixty-foot-tall faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln are carved in to Mount Rushmore’s stone hills. When sculptor Gutzon Borglum first saw Mount Rushmore, he said “America will march along that skyline.” Borglum began work in 1927, but he died before the work was finished. The work was completed by his son, Lincoln, on October 31, 1941.

The blob is one of those movies Hollywood  donkeys keep remaking every few years. The main character is a huge purple lump of pulsating mayonaise that wants to become the first blob mayor of the city Winnipeg.  It was created by a scientist, played by James Charles. The scientist accidentally dropped some oil into a dish full of peanut butter. The food immediately started eating and eventually grew to be the size of a toe. The blob eats up the scientist and his favorite monkey, and begins to roll carefully down the street. when people see it, they say, ”run!” but the blob just opens its ear and swallows them, along with any people that are in the neighborhood. Finally, it gets to the power company, where the heroine, played by charlie d’amelio, manages to kill it with one hundred thousand people

Take time to enjoy the sights and activities that come with the autumn season. Have you ever picked apples at an orchard or jumped in a pile of leaves that have fallen from the trees. maybe you have used a pumpkin gourd, or scarecrow to decorate your home. If the weather is starting to get colder where you live, try bundling up and going on a hike.