Science,+Technology,+Innovation+of+the+1930s

First Hour

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According to Lee W. Nelson “ the Golden Gate Bridge, completed after more than four years of construction at a cost of $35 million, opened to vehicular traffic on May 28, 1937. The GGB opening was ahead of schedule and under budget. Golden Gate refers to Golden Gate Strait—a name that originated around 1846.The Golden Gate Bridge's 4,200 foot long main suspension span was a world record that stood for 27 years. It is still the second longest in the United States after the Verrazano Narrow Bridge, which links Staten Island to Brooklyn in New York. The bridge's two towers =====

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“Hoover dam, Source of American West’s Oasis Civilization” states: Boulder Dam, better known as Hoover dam, was built in the 1930s. It was originally to be built in Boulder canyon, but they moved in to Black Canyon because it would catch more water there. The Boulder Canyon Project Act was passed on December 21, 1928. The dam was one of the world’s most successful project of any nation.(No. Pag.) =====

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Other Technologies inven || || ** Ford Motor Company ** || |||| According to Ford Motor Company started the last century with a single man envisioning products that would meet the needs of people in a world on the verge of high-gear industrialization.Ford Motor Company entered the business world on June 16, 1903, when Henry Ford and 11 business associates signed the company's articles of incorporation. With $28,000 in cash, the pioneering industrialists gave birth to what was to become one of the world's largest corporations. Few companies are as closely identified with the history and development of industry and society throughout the 20th century as Ford Motor Company. As with most great enterprises, Ford Motor Company's beginnings were modest. The company had anxious moments in its infancy. The earliest record of a shipment is July 20, 1903, approximately one month after incorporation, to a Detroit physician. With the company's first sale came hope—a young Ford Motor Company had taken its first steps. Perhaps Ford Motor Company's single greatest contribution to automotive manufacturing was the moving assembly line. First implemented at the Highland Park plant (in Michigan, US) in 1913, the new technique allowed individual workers to stay in one place and perform the same task repeatedly on multiple vehicles that passed by them. The line proved tremendously efficient, helping the company far surpass the production levels of their competitors—and making the vehicles more affordable. Henry Ford insisted that the company's future lay in the production of affordable cars for a mass market. Beginning in 1903, the company began using the first 19 letters of the alphabet to name new cars. In 1908, the Model T was born. 19 years and 15 million Model T's later, Ford Motor Company was a giant industrial complex that spanned the globe. In 1925, Ford Motor Company acquired the Lincoln Motor Company, thus branching out into luxury cars, and in the 1930's, the Mercury division was created to establish a division centered on mid-priced cars. Ford Motor Company was growing. In the 50's came the Thunderbird and the chance to own a part of Ford Motor Company. The company went public and, on Feb. 24, 1956, had about 350,000 new stockholders. Henry Ford II's keen perception of political and economic trends in the 50's led to the global expansion of FMC in the 60's, and the establishment of Ford of Europe in 1967, 20 years ahead of the European Economic Community's arrival. The company established its North American Automotive Operations in 1971, consolidating U.S., Canadian, and Mexican operations more than two decades ahead of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Ford Motor Company started the last century with a single man envisioning products that would meet the needs of people in a world on the verge of high-gear industrialization. Today, Ford Motor Company is a family of automotive brands consisting of: Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, Mazda, Jaguar, Land Rover, Aston Martin, and Volvo. The company is beginning its second century of existence with a worldwide organization that retains and expands Henry Ford's heritage by developing products that serve the varying and ever-changing needs of people in the global community. || ted during the 1930’s were the electron microscope, scotch tape, stereo records, parking meters, jet engine, photocopier, canned beer, colt revolver, and Monopoly, the most famous board game ever. =====

Third hour- cody conkling and jakob riley

According to Lee W. Nelson some many great things were invented and made in the 1930s. Some of the things are the Golden Gate bridge and the boulder dam and they have greatly impacted our nation. Later in the 1930s they also created the TV and Radio. Today the radio and Tv are used in our every day life. The Golden Gate Bridge is in San Francisco and it is 1.7 miles ling and it cost 35 million dollars to build it. It goes to Golden Gate Park, Twin Peaks to the Bay bridge, and to the alcatraz island and beyond. The bridge's main suspension is 4,2oo foot long. "The bridge's two towers rise 746 feet making them 191 feet taller than the Washington Monument." It is also a major tourist site that many peole come to see and it is one the most amazing things you can see in a lifetime. (N.page.) Wikipedia states that the Boulder Dam, that is now known as the Hoover Dam was completed in 1936 and it is currently the 35th largest dam in the world. It cost 49 million dollars to construct it and it is 726 feet tall. It is 30 miles away from Las Vegas, Nevada. It got its name from Herbert Hoover who helped the great dam. It was awarded as a National Historic landmark in 1985. Lake Mead is the reservoir created by the dam, named after Elwood Mead, who was a big part in building the dam. There were 112 deaths in the making of the Hoover Dam due to heat strokes and heart failures. This is a beautiful tourist site also, just like the Golden Gate Bridge. "Essortment.com" writes that Philo Farnsworth invented the TV when he was fourteen years old. When it was first invented in 1938 it was not a colored TV and the prices ranged from 13 to 150 dollars for a 32 inch TV. The TV;s only come in black and white but it was soved so much and the TV now a days is someting everybody has to have. Bublielmo Marconi was the first person to translate a radio telegraph message. the idea was first thought of in the 1930s but wasn't invented until the 40s. The radio was one of the best inventions in the world because everyone needs one just like a TV. Almost everyone in the world has a radio in thee car now a days and they are a important thing to have to get important information. In march, chemist Thomas Midgley Jr. develops the manufactruingj process for the Freon, a gas used in refrigerators and air conditioners. The flight altitude record of 27,418 feet was sit in the 30s. Many records and many great things wee set and created, like insulin was founded in the 1930s and they also discovered pluto in the 30s too. President Toosevelt was elected in the 30s too and he was a huge part of the U.. but this time was for people because of the depression and the dust bowl.



4th hour- Trevor Wood and Hayley Adney

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Linking San Francisco with Marin County the Golden Gate Bridge is a 1.7 mile-long suspension bridge that can be crossed by car, on bicycles or on foot. There are parking and viewing areas at either end of the bridge. The Golden Gate Bridge was the longest span in the world from its completion until the Verrazano Narrows Bridge was built in New York in 1964. Today, it still has the seventh-longest main span in the world. A few Golden Gate Bridge facts to illustrate its size:=====
 * **Total length:** Including approaches, 1.7 miles (8,981 feet or 2,737 m).
 * **Middle span:** 4,200 feet (1,966 m).
 * **Width:** 90 feet (27 m).
 * **Clearance above the high water** (average): 220 feet (67

The original site of the dam was to be at Boulder Canyon about 10 miles upstream from the current location. Thus the name 'Boulder Canyon Project' It was decided after the dam were built at Black Canyon instead of Boulder Canyon, it would be able to capture more water. Also, Black Canyon had a more dense rock in its canyon walls. When the dam site was moved to Black Canyon, it was still called the Boulder Canyon Project. The dam got its name from the project which originated it, 'Boulder Dam'. Hoover Dam straddles the mighty Colorado River, which forms the border between the states of Nevada and Arizona. Considered to be the world’s largest dam and an engineering marvel at the time of its construction in the 1930s, Hoover Dam brings much-needed water and power to the Southwest.



=5th Hour: Kara, Sydney, and Heagan =  According to Lee W. Nelson, the Golden Gate Bridge, 1.7 miles long and linking San Fransisco to Marin County, and Hoover (Boulder) Dam, 726 feet high and located at Black Canyon, were two very impotant innovations that contributed to the appeal and value of America. Also, the television and radio were invented and Ford Motor Company expanded to include Lincoln and Mercury (n. pag.). The website Centennial Flights tells us about aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss. Throughout his life, Curtiss made many advancements. He and Alexander Graham Bell, the inventoe of the telephone, founded the Aerial Experimental Association. He invented light and powerful engines used in military jets. Also, he was known as the "Fastest Man on Earth" because of his motorcycle speed record of 136.3 miles per hour. Curtiss made his last flight as a pilot in May of 1930 (n. pag.). The article "Sigmund Freud" states that Sigmund Freud was an Austrian psyciatrist and founder of psychoanalysis and the most influential theorist of psychology of the tweniteth century. Freud's theories have had influence on art, literature, and social thinking for nearly a century. Freud was a master of dream interpretation and was fascinated with the state of human unconsciousness. Freud believed that unconscious is a state at which people's fears, joys, and desires come forth and battle for a supreme position in the human mind. Many think that he "discovered the unconscious mind" (n. pag.). According to Encyclopedia Britannica, Thomas Hunt Morgan was an acclaimed zoologist and geneticist. He is most famous for his research and experimentation with fruit flies. Morgan established the chromosome theory of heredity, and found that genes are linked in a series of chromosomes and are responsible foe heredity. His work played a key role in genetics, and he won the Nobel Prize for Physiology in 1933 (n. pag.).


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[|Radio in the 1930s: Rewards of Innovation]
High-definition television will be the star of this economic slump, according to early indications. Throughout the developed world, only the availability of content seems to constrain demand. Last year, for example, Comast showed an 18% increase in subscribers with “advanced digital services,” which includes HDTV, reaching nearly half of those to whom it is available. The United States is now over-taking Japan as the country with the most HD subscribers. In the United Kingdom, BSkyB’s enjoyed a 32% increase in HD subscriptions in the last quarter of 2008 when the economy was in freefall. On the continent, with fewer channels available, uptake has been slower, but we expect the market to catch up. Where do consumers find the money for TV when they’re getting laid off and evicted from their homes? Perhaps entertainment is a substitute for other expenses, as was shown clearly with radio during the Great Depression. The first chart shows the average retail price of a radio in the United States, both in current and nominal dollars. Radio prices fell by almost half during this decade, but still cost as much as a high-definition television does today. A radio was a big outlay for a family, but still household penetration rose steady from just under half to over 80%. Astonishingly, more than a quarter of all cars had radios as well by the end of the decade from a standing start in 1930. The second chart shows the wider impact on media. While U.S. radio production fell in the dark first years of the Depression, it rebounded smartly after the economy bottomed in 1932. Radio advertising soared with just one hiccup in 1933. Movies and newspapers did not fare so well, while advertising as a whole virtually collapsed. Like HDTV now, radio was a new medium in the late 1920s. Despite high prices, radio penetration rose fast throughout the period and did not decline at any point, no matter how bad the Depression got. People bought radios because they dramatically enhanced their lives during difficult times. Car radios were in a class by themselves, becoming the iPods of the 1930s. Clearly, people found money for new entertainment devices they valued. Like HDTV today, radio in the 1930s changed consumer behavior to tap new demand. At CIP, we are seeking innovations that exploit the interactive capabilities inherent in the HD bitstream. We have already lined up several innovators that can differentiate core technologies quickly. We expect to find many more such innovations. HDTV is a new medium that has only just begun to achieve its potential.



Ford Motor Company started the last century with a single man envisioning products that would meet the needs of people in a world on the verge of high-gear industrialization.Ford Motor Company entered the business world on June 16, 1903, when Henry Ford and 11 business associates signed the company's articles of incorporation. With $28,000 in cash, the pioneering industrialists gave birth to what was to become one of the world's largest corporations. Few companies are as closely identified with the history and development of industry and society throughout the 20th century as Ford Motor Company.

As with most great enterprises, Ford Motor Company's beginnings were modest. The company had anxious moments in its infancy. The earliest record of a shipment is July 20, 1903, approximately one month after incorporation, to a Detroit physician. With the company's first sale came hope—a young Ford Motor Company had taken its first steps.

Perhaps Ford Motor Company's single greatest contribution to automotive manufacturing was the moving assembly line. First implemented at the Highland Park plant (in Michigan, US) in 1913, the new technique allowed individual workers to stay in one place and perform the same task repeatedly on multiple vehicles that passed by them. The line proved tremendously efficient, helping the company far surpass the production levels of their competitors—and making the vehicles more affordable.

Henry Ford insisted that the company's future lay in the production of affordable cars for a mass market. Beginning in 1903, the company began using the first 19 letters of the alphabet to name new cars. In 1908, the Model T was born. 19 years and 15 million Model T's later, Ford Motor Company was a giant industrial complex that spanned the globe. In 1925, Ford Motor Company acquired the Lincoln Motor Company, thus branching out into luxury cars, and in the 1930's, the Mercury division was created to establish a division centered on mid-priced cars. Ford Motor Company was growing.

In the 50's came the Thunderbird and the chance to own a part of Ford Motor Company. The company went public and, on Feb. 24, 1956, had about 350,000 new stockholders. Henry Ford II's keen perception of political and economic trends in the 50's led to the global expansion of FMC in the 60's, and the establishment of Ford of Europe in 1967, 20 years ahead of the European Economic Community's arrival. The company established its North American Automotive Operations in 1971, consolidating U.S., Canadian, and Mexican operations more than two decades ahead of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Ford Motor Company started the last century with a single man envisioning products that would meet the needs of people in a world on the verge of high-gear industrialization. Today, Ford Motor Company is a family of automotive brands consisting of: Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, Mazda, Jaguar, Land Rover, Aston Martin, and Volvo. The company is beginning its second century of existence with a worldwide organization that retains and expands Henry Ford's heritage by developing products that serve the varying and ever-changing needs of people in the global community



7th Hour:**Josshua, Dayton, and Demar.** According to www.inetours.com the golden gate bridge was finished in May 28, 1937. The bridge links San Fransisco to Marin County. The bridge is a 1.7 mile long suspension bridge that can be crossed by foot, motorized vehicle, or bike. There is also a viewing and parking areas on either side of the bridge



Library.thinkquest.org says that Pluto was discovered on February 18, 1930. The scientist named Percival Lowell Believed there was a planet beyond Uranus. He found Pluto by taking pictured of the same group of starts 2 weeks apart. If any one the stars moved then that would mean its a planet. Pluto was named after the Greek god of the underworld and the first Letters of Percival Lowell.