Inventions+(1-2)

Railroads In 1812 a guy named George Stephenson was a colliery engine builder. He built his first locomotive for Stockton and Darlington railway line in 1814. Then 1825 the Stockton and Darlington Railroad Company had the first railroad to carry both passengers and goods everyday by using a locomotive designed by George Stephenson. His locomotive pulled 21 passenger cars that held 450 passengers and 6 loaded coal cars for about 9 miles in 1 hour. Before railroads the people use to use horse and wagons to get around from place to place and the wagons would only hold a few people and a few goods. And using these horse and wagons took a long time to get to places. So creating the railroads sped up the process of getting to places and it also got a lot more people and goods to one place in one trip.

Telegraphs The telegraph was very useful during the 1800s and early 1900s. Samuel F. B. Morse had the idea of the electromagnetic telegraph in 1832. The first was built experimental version in 1835. Samuel Morse didn’t create a good efficient system until 1844, that only happen when a line from Baltimore to Washington D.C. was built. The patent for the telegraph was granted in 1849. Ten years within the telegraph opening 23,00 miles of wire crisscrossed the country. The lines were put along railroads and made railroads much safer to ride on. The telegraph allowed the companies of the era to conduct operations more profitably.

Electricity Long before we even existed people knew that amber can get charged by rubbing. English scientist described some of their experiments to have electrification. The term electricity was taken from that word. William Gilbert found the word and the action so he is referred to as the father of electricity. Many other scientists saw what he was seeing such as Francis Hauksbee. Huaksbee made improvements to Gilbert’s explanation by rubbing two things together to create static electricity.

Steel Production

The Bessemer steel process helped revolutionize the manufacturing of steel. It decreased costs, reduced labor, and increasing speed. Before this Steel was too expensive to make bridges or steel framed buildings. After this Steel and Wrought iron were about the same price so most people turned to steel.

Podcast

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