Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Monday, October 28, 2013
How was fire discovered?
Fire was discovered many many years ago by humans. What happened was lighting struck down on earth hitting a tree and causing a fire in the forest. They then begin to wonder how to create this so called "fire". So they wondered what if i rub these two pieces of wood together? By rubbing the wood together fire was made and discovered by the human race.
Where did the tv come from?
A man named Philo Taylor Farnsworth was a American inventor and television pioneer. He made a lot of contributions that were viable to the early development of the electronic television. He is best known for inventing the very first full functional all-electronic image pickup device. He called it the "image dissector". He was also one of the first people to show this to the public. He developed a television system with a receiver and a camera, which he sold commercially in the firm of the Farnsworth Television and Radio Corporation, from 1938 to 1951.
How does gold form?
Gold is formed by the Earth's crust. The fluids move through the rocks over a large area and dissolve gold. When these fluids cool or react with other rocks the dissolved gold moves in cracks forming veins. As well as gold, the fluids carried other dissolved minerals, such as quartz. This is why gold is often found with quartz. These are known as primary gold deposits and to extract the gold the rock containing the veins of gold has to be dug up, crushed and processed.
How did World War 1 start?
A Serbian called Gavrilo Princip killed the Austro-Hungarian Duke Franz Ferdinand, in response Austro-Hungary threatened Serbia to give Princip up or else, but the Serbians didn't know who had killed Franz so could do nothing, Russia threatened Austro-Hungary not to invade, in turn the German Empire (who had a treaty with Austro-Hungary) threatened Russia, Britain and France threatened Germany as Britain and France had a treaty with Russia, Japan also helped Britain under the 1905 Anglo-Japanese Treaty. That was how it became a World War.
Who invented the first car?
So who invented the first modern automobile? It was Karl Benz. Who was a German engine designer and car engineer. Karl Benz loved bicycles and used this to his advantage when creating his first invention. His first invention was a wooden carriage with a four-stroke engine. Power was transmitted by two roller chains to the rear axle. Karl Benz finished this creation in 1885. Which was the very first modern automobile. You can see a replica of what it looked like to the left.
Who was the first Millionaire?
Here is a fun education fact. So who do you guys think the first millionaire was? Give up? It was Johann Jakob Astor. He was born in Walldorf on July 17, 1763. Walldorf is a town in Germany. He built a massive fur trading business and became rich off his success. He also was sort of a drug dealer. He was known to smuggle Opium. Last but not least he was a Realtor in New York. So overall you can say he was very successful in his life. On March 29, 1848 he died of natural causes giving his wealth to his family.
How did Halloween start?
Ready for a little education? So how did Halloween start? It all started a very long time ago with a group of ancient Celts (a group of pre-Christian people who loved nature). They though October 31st the end of the year and always had a huge party which was called Samhain. They celebrated it because of the autumn harvest and the Celtic new year, where they thought spirits could come back and visit there loved ones. They put out food and drinks for the dead and left their houses open to give the spirits a entrance into their homes. Some people thought that if you left "treats" on the porch for the ghosts, this would make them happy and would not harm anyone. Later on, when Christianity spread, November 1st became a religious holiday known as All Saints' Day. The prayer that was told on this day was called Allhallowmas. The night before become known as Halloween.
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