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Kindergarten
In 1837, Friedrich Froebel invented the first kindergarten in Bad Blankenburg, Germany. In his Kindergarten, he provided fun activities and education for the young children. However, after some conflicts and charges of treason, the German government banned all kindergartens and had Froebel arrested. In 1860, after Froebel's death in 1852, the German government repealed the ban. From then on, over 80% if the world used Kindergartens to educate their young people. -
Sameul Slocum patents the stapler
Samuel Slocum invented the stapler with the help of John Ireland House. The machine is turned on by a foot treadle which allows a sliding hopper to place 16 pins in grooves in a plate, where a row of wires pushes them into a folded sheet of paper. On September 30, 1841, Samuel patented his invention, which he titled Machine for Sticking Pins into Paper. Today, his invention is known as a packaging machine for sewing pins, not as a %u201Cstapler.%u201D -
Elias Howe patents his first sewing machine
Elias Howe patented the lock stitch sewing machine in 1845. His machine was an improved version of Walter Hunt's earlier invention. It held the fabric vertically instead of horizontally, and there was a groove in the needle of his machine. He traveled around Europe to gain attention and interest in his machine. When Howe returned to America, he found that Isaac Singer was using his ideas to build an improved version of his machine, and took him to court. -
Isaac Singer invents the First Continuousely Stitching Sewing Machine
Isaac Singer was not the first inventor of the sewing machine. It all started out in theater. He invented a rock drilling machine to finance his acting company and was on the verge of a profit when his company collapsed. Then he went back to inventing and created a wood and metal carver- he patented it in 1839. While he was working in a machine shop, someone brought in a sewing machine for repairs. Isaac was called on for advice on how to fix it. He took up the sewing machine and changed -
Jean Bernard Leon Foucault invents the gyroscope in 1852.
In 1852, the French physicist Jean Bernard Leon Foucault invented and named the gyroscope as part of an experiment concerning the rotation of the earth. A gyroscope contains a rotor in the center of the wheel which is mounted on a spinning axis. The wheel rotates, mimicking the movement of the earth in its axis. In contrast, the rotor stays put, resisting the change in orientation. A gyroscope is mainly used to maintain oriemtation or measure it. -
Potato Chips Invented
George Crum, a chef at Moon's Lake House in Saratoga, New York, was frying potatoes for a customer. The customer kept sending back the potatoes because he thought they were too soggy and thick. Since Crum took at lot of pride in his cooking, he became irritated and sliced the potatoes paper thin. Unexpectedly, the customer loved them. Named Saratoga Chips, it became a regular item on the restaurant's menu. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_chip -
Ironclad was launched
On 1859, the French Navy launched the first ironclad ship. These ships were steam-propelled and plated with a steel or iron platings to protect itself from enemy attacks. Strong and heavy weapons were used on this ship to attack enemy defenses while the ironclads had a strong defense and took little damage. -
Pierre Michaux invented bicycles with pedals in 1860
Michaux was born in Bar le Duc, France, on June 25, 1813. He worked supplying parts for the carriage industry in Paris. In the early 1860's, he began to build bicycles with pedals. Michaux invented the bicycle with pedals by adapting cranks and pedals on a draisine. He and the Olivier Brothers formed a company to build the velocipede. Their design used a serpentine frame made of two pieces of cast iron bolted together.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Michaux
