Gisella's School

This week in history I learned about the jackhammer, the safety pin, and the gyroscope.             The first thing I learned about this week was the jackhammer. A wave of socialist revolutions broke out across Europe in 1848. Jonathan Couch, following a chain of steady advances, invented the jackhammer in 1848. It’s a high powered…

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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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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 combine to solve Hastcall’s harvesting problems. The combine…

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This week I learned about the platform scale, the railroad T rail, the multi coil, and the mechanical reaper.             First, I learned about the platform scale. The development of scale technology began improving during the Middle Ages. The Middle Ages. Thoddeus Fairbainks invented the platform scale in 1830 while trying to figure out how…

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This week in history I learned about the microphone, the typewriter, the braille writing system, and the sewing machine. First, I learned abort the microphone. Attempts to amplify sound have been ongoing since Ancient Greece. Charles Wheatstone invented the concept of the microphone in 1827. Microphones convert sound waves into electric signals for amplification, storage,…

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This week in history I learned about portland cement, electromagnets, the passenger rail, and the match.             First, I learned about portland cement. Portland cement was invented by a man named Joseph Aspdin. Joseph invented portland cement so that structures could be built on a flat surface. He named it portland cement because the stones…

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This week in history I learned about the pencil, stethoscope, the tunneling shield, and paved roads. First, I learned about the pencil. Before the pencil people would use clay tablets to carve symbols in the clay, then they would bake the clay in the fire to harden.  Later they used beeswax which could then be…

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