This is the next book we are going to read in class/at home. I hope you enjoy it!
Tell me what kind of stories you prefer: romance, thriller, fantasy, science fiction, ... and your favourite books (titles in Spanish or Catalan are OK!). One of the best books I have ever read is The Pillars of the Earth (Los pilares de la tierra), by Ken Follett. I strongly recommend it!
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ReplyDeletethe first alarm clock was a water clock invented by Plato. Later Cassiodorus, Yi Xing and other modified it.But the modern clock was invented in USA by Levi Hutchins in 1787?
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ReplyDeleteThe first vacuum cleaner was invented in 1860 by Daniel Hess, and it was traditional? And years later in 1901 James Murray Splanger invented the first portable vacuum cleaner. And today the vacuum cleaner is used by a lot of families.
Did you know that the plate is an object used for ironing?. It was invented in 1452 by Hahla Baluhsa. It has evolved a lot over the last centuries by housewife and cleaning Companys.
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DeleteA computer is a programmable machine designed to automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem
The first hand-held mobile phone was demonstrated by Dr Martin Cooper of Motorola in 1973, The world's largest individual mobile operator by subscribers is China Mobile with over 500 million mobile phone subscribers.[21] Over 50 mobile operators have over 10 million subscribers each, and over 150 mobile operators had at least one million subscribers by the end of 2009.[22] In February 2010, there were 5.6 billion mobile phone subscribers, a number that is expected to grow.
ReplyDeleteThe mobile phone is a wireless electronic access and use network services or mobile phone.
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ReplyDeleteDid you know that the first freezer was a refrigeration equipment comprising a thermally insulated compartment and a refrigeration system?
-The freezers are widely used to store food and other products.
There are also combining Appliance refrigerator on top and freezer on the bottom.
Did you know that the frist a hair dryer is a small appliance designed to expel hot air or cold on wet hair, accelerating the evaporation of water to dry hair?
ReplyDeleteDryers are also portable, which is the latest addition.
Did you know that the frist Mixer in 1908 Herbert Johnson, an engineer for the Hobart Manufacturing Company, invents an electric standing mixer. His inspiration came from observing a baker mixing bread dough with a metal spoon; soon he was toying with a mechanical counterpart.
ReplyDeleteA microphone s an acoustic-to-electric transducer or sensor that converts sound into an electrical signal. Both Thomas Alva Edison and Emile Berliner filed patent applications for the carbon microphone, in March and June 1877 respectively. After a long legal battle, Edison emerged the victor, and the Berliner patent was ruled invalid by both American and British courts.
ReplyDeleteDid you know that the frist frige or refrigerator was invented in 1876 by Carl Paul Gottfried von Linde. Refrigeration is chiefly Used to store at low temperatures Foodstuffs, inhibiting the destructive action Malthus of bacteria, yeast, and mold.
ReplyDeleteDid you know that the first microwave oven was created in 1946 by Percy Spencer when he was investigating with radars after World War II? He invented it when he was testing a radar and the chocolate bar of his pocket melt down.
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ReplyDeleteThe modern camera evolved from the camera obscura. Mo Ti is a Chinese philosopher who invented the camera. Mo Ti is the first recorded person to have exploited this phenomenon.The cameras have evolved greatly in last years. Before, it was big equipment and now are very small. Also, it took about 35 minutes to take a photograph and now have less than a second high quality images and color.
Did you know that the photocopy machine that makes paper copies of documents and other visual images. Was invented by James watt in 1779.
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ReplyDeleteThe fax was invented by Alexander Bain in 1946. Fax, sometimes called telecopying, is the telephonic transmission of scanned printed material, normally to a telephone number connected to a printer or other output device. In the past Fax alwais painted in black and white but now are in colour.
Did you know the first dishwasher device are of an 1850 patent in the United States by Joel Houghton?
ReplyDeleteModern dishwashers are descended from the 1887 invention of Josephine Cochrane.
This invention, it has facilitated very much, the life of the housewives. But even, they are not installed in all the houses.
Did you know that the first telephone was developed in the mid-1870s by Alexander Graham Bell and others? the telephone has been considered indispensable to businesses, households and governments for a long time.
ReplyDeletedid you kown that The first flight of a medium helicopter was controllable by the Argentine Raúl Pateras Pescara in 1916 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.La Nazi Germany used the helicopter on a small scale during World War II. Models such as the Flettner FL 282 Kolibri were used in the Mediterranean Sea. Mass production of the Sikorsky XR-4 began in May 1942 thanks to the United States Navy. The apparatus was used for rescue operations in Burma.
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