Henry was a Scottish engineer and developed the first successful steamboat. The first commercial steamboat was called the Cornet and made its first successful journey in Europe August of 1812.
Rene Laennec was a French physician. He invented the stethoscope in 1819. The stethoscope is now used by doctors every day, almost everywhere. Stethos means chest, and spoiken, means to explore. This invention contributed to modern healthcare greatly, it diagnoses many illnesses based on what a doctor can hear with the stethoscope.
Tom Thumb was the first steam locomotive used on a common railroad. It was designed by Peter Cooper in 1829. It provided fast and reliable transportation across the nation to people and goods. The invention of the steam locomotive created jobs, causing urbanization. It also caused the start of major pollution caused by big business.
He patented the first typewriter in America. Referred to as the “father of the typewriter.” Many improvements were made after his original model. The typewriter is a machine that made writing easier and revolutionized the field of writing.
Henry could not draw but wanted to capture nature views. He made light influence photosensitive material and produced the first negative photo. Later he invented Calotypy, or “imprinting.”
Morse code was a code made up of dot and dashes first used on the telegraph. It encodes the latin alphabet represented by a sequence of dots and dashes.
Samuel Morse proved that signals could travel through a wire in 1835. He used pulses of current and an electromagnet. The start of Morse code was also invented with the telegraph.
The cotton gin separated the sticky seeds from inland cotton. This saved tons of time and doubled the yield of cotton each decade after 1800. It did increase slavery from the sudden increase of profits.
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