Gisella's School

This week in history I learned about rotary printing, kerosene, antiseptics, and the gas mask.             The first thing I learned about this week was rotary printing. the rotary printing press was invented by a man named Richard Hoe. Richard didn’t really invent t printing he just improved on it like other inventors. The rotary…

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This week in history I learned about the electric clock, blueprints, the stapler, and the grain elevator.                 The first thing I learned about was the electric clock. The electric clock was invented in 1840 by Alexander Bain. Bain invented the clock because the mechanical clock always had to be rewound. The electric clock didn’t…

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This week in history I learned about the steel plow, steam shovel, and the postage.             First, I learned about the steel plow. The plow had evolved over time as new soil conditions challenged old designs. John Deere invented the steel plow in 1837 to help farmers plow the sticky soil of the Great Plains.…

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This week in History 5 I learned about the combine harvester, the solar compass, the propeller, and the mechanical calculator.             On Monday I learned about the combine harvester. The second Great Awakening led to Christian conflict with the Freemasons in New York. John Hascall left Freemasonry and met Hiram Moore in Michigan, where Moore…

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