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- 2. About me • Andrew Talaga • First-year student at Delta College • Majoring in Business/Management • Class: HIS 112 • Professor Laura Dull • Semester: Fall 2014
- 3. Steam-Powered Boat • Henry Bell-1812 • Invented the first commercially successful steamship in Europe: John Wood • Comet • 30-ton wooden paddle steamer with a 3-horsepower engine • Wrecked in 1820
- 4. Impact of the Steamboat • Revolutionized transportation and navigation in Europe • Transportation of goods and materials became more efficient • Commercial trading capabilities increased • Traditional farming ways of life changed
- 5. "Steamer to the Highlands." Brian D Osbornes Weblog. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2014. Above: Henry Bell’s Comet-1812 Left: Replica of the Comet Jack, Ian. "We Remember Dickens and the Titanic. So Why Have Forgotten Henry Bell?" The Guardian. N.p., n.d. Web.
- 6. Internal Combustion Engine • Nikolaus Otto-1862 • Designed an indirect-acting free-piston compression-less engine • Nikolaus Otto, Gottlieb Daimler, and Wilhem Maybach-1876 • Developed a practical four-stroke cycle (Otto cycle) engine
- 7. How the internal combustion engine operates "Internal-combustion Engine: Four-stroke Cycle." -- Kids Encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2014.
- 8. Otto’s I.C.E. Impact Positive • Most widely used type of engine • Automobiles, Large boats, and Light aircrafts • Efficient and cheap Negative • Pollution • Reducing air quality • Releases harmful gasses • “Contributes to global warming”
- 9. Battery • Alessandro Volta-1800 • Invented the Voltaic Pile • Produced a reliable and steady current of electricity • Gaston Plante-1859 • Developed the first storage lead-acid battery that could be recharged
- 10. "Battery History - HowStuffWorks." HowStuffWorks. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2014. "Related Electricity & Magnetism Pages." National High Magnetic Field Laboratory: Museum of Electricity and Magnetism. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2014.
- 11. Impact of the Battery Alessandro Volta • One of the most important inventions • Gave scientists new ideas • Set off another electrical age • Provided power for telephone and telegraph industries Gaston Plante • Precursor to the modern-day car battery • Impact still today • Cell Phones • Laptops • Cordless Power Tools
- 12. What the 19th Century did? • It was a great foundation for future ideas and inventions • Revolutionized many aspects of everyday life • Positively impacted many of the modern-day technologies we use • Changed the world for the better!
- 13. Works Cited • "BU-101: When Was the Battery Invented?" Information on the Invention of the Battery. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Dec. 2014. • "Internal Combustion - HowStuffWorks." HowStuffWorks. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Dec. 2014. • "Related Electricity & Magnetism Pages." National High Magnetic Field Laboratory: Museum of Electricity and Magnetism. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Dec. 2014. • "Thank You, Internal-Combustion Engine, for Cleaning up the Environment." : The Freeman : Foundation for Economic Education. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Dec. 2014.
- 14. Works Cited (continued) • "BRITS AT THEIR BEST: British Inventions Ingenious Timeline 19th Century 1855 - Copyright 2006 - 2010 David Abbott and Catherine Glass." BRITS AT THEIR BEST: British Inventions Ingenious Timeline 19th Century 1855 - Copyright 2006 - 2010 David Abbott and Catherine Glass. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2014. • Danelek, Jeff. "Top 10 Greatest Inventions of the 19th Century - Toptenz.net." Toptenz.net. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2014.