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95History of Shoes - 19th and 20th Century Women's Footwear
In the 19th century trade and manufacturing processes brought innovations to shoes that were both practical and attractive. Before the mass production of the Industrial Revolution, shoes for both right and left feet were the same. The 1880's saw the...
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96Kindle VS Real Books - Will E-Books Replace Traditional Books?
Reading e books on Kindle or iPad is the biggest thing since Gutenberg invented the printing press. A Baby Boomer takes a sometimes humorous look at the world of wireless readers and contemplates the impact Kindle will have on the world of reading.
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91Types Of Mass Media
Mass media can be defined as the media used for addressing or communicating with the masses. Anything that serves the source for communication amongst a large audience is included in the category of mass media. Mass media is a broad term under...
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81Types Of Swords
A sword is perhaps the oldest weapon invented by man. Who invented this weapon and when is hard to tell but one thing is for sure that ever since man started to fight against other men sword had always been there. People of every era and culture...
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82Major Inventions Timeline - The Dawn of the Common Era to the End of the 17th Century
Necessity is the mother of invention and the period of 1000 CE to 1699 CE was rife with inventiveness. Many of the inventions of this period centered around agriculture, hunting game and of course warfare and exploration to keep what had been gained and to gain ever more 'necessities'!
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85Hephaestus, God of the Forge, Craftsman, Loner, Inventor
Hephaestus was handicapped with a clubfoot, making him both the only Olympian who worked and the only one who was not perfect. He was happy working with fire and metals, alone in his forge. Hephaestus made things of beauty, and this helped him overcome his anger at his shallow family's ideals, which he did not share. Aphrodite pursued him because he made objects of and inventions of such beauty.
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83Chocolate Chip Cookies Seven Scrumptious Recipes
Who Invented Chocolate Chip Cookies? Did you ever wonder where did chocolate chip cookies come from? I know. The supermarket or the bakery. No, I mean who invented them? In fact, where did the very first...
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76Major inventions Timeline: 18th Century and 19th Century
The First Industrial Revolution began in the 18th century with the development of the steam engine which replaced animal power. The 19th century was an age of machine tools that made parts for other machines leading eventually to assembly line manufacturing.
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8520 Significant Inventions of the 20th Century
Here's how inventor H. Cecil Booth came up with the idea. He noticed a device on trains that blew dust off chairs and thought it would be better to have a device that sucked the dust instead. To test his idea he laid a handkerchief on a chair, put...
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8020 American Inventions That Changed The World
A lot of everyday things are often taken for granted when in fact they have changed the world so much that people would miss them if they are missing. Here is a list of twenty American inventions in the last two hundred years that have made a significant impact to human existence.
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