Bed Time Story 29

Once upon a time there was a man named Neil Arnott and he was a Scottish physician.Neil Arnott FRS was a distinguished graduate of Marischal College, University of Aberdeen (AM, 1805; MD 1814) and subsequently studied in London under Sir Everard Home (1756–1832), through whom he obtained, when only eighteen, the appointment of full surgeon to an East Indiaman. After making two voyages to China acting as a surgeon in the service of the British East India Company (1807-9 and 1810–11), he settled in London where he practised from 1811–1854, and quickly acquired a high reputation. He gave lectures at the Philomathic Institution published as Elements of physics (1827). He was one of the founders of the University of London, 1836. Within a few years he was made physician to the French and Spanish embassies, and in 1837 he became physician extraordinary to the Queen. He was elected to the Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1838. He was a strong advocate of scientific, as opposed to purely classical, education; and he manifested interest in natural philosophy by the gift of 2,000 pounds to each of the four universities of Scotland and to the University of London, to promote its study in the experimental and practical form.From his earliest youth, Arnott had an intense love of natural philosophy, and to this added an inventiveness which served him in good stead in his profession and yielded the Arnott waterbed in 1832, which later was developed into a water-filled chair intended to prevent seasickness. Other inventions include the Arnott ventilator, the Arnott stove, etc.This being so and with so much more to learn about Neil Arnott i would have to say he is on my list for one of the worlds most needed inventors.


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Bed TIme Story 28

Once upon a time there was a man named Edwin Howard Armstrong and he was an American electrical engineer and inventor, best known for developing FM (frequency modulation) radio. He held 42 patents and received numerous awards, including the first Medal of Honor awarded by the Institute of Radio Engineers (now IEEE), the French Legion of Honor, the 1941 Franklin Medal and the 1942 Edison Medal. He was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame and included in the International Telecommunication Union's roster of great inventors.Armstrong was born in the Chelsea district of New York City, the oldest of John and Emily (Smith) Armstrong's three children. His father began working at a young age at the American branch of the Oxford University Press, which published bibles and standard classical works, eventually advancing to the position of vice president. His parents first met at the North Presbyterian Church, located at 31st Street and Ninth Avenue. His mother's family had strong ties to Chelsea, and an active role in church functions. When the church moved north, the Smiths and Armstrongs followed, and in 1895 the Armstrong family moved from their brownstone row house at 347 West 29th Street to a similar house at 26 West 97th Street in the Upper West Side.The family was comfortably middle class, however, at the age of eight Armstrong contracted a disease, then known as St. Vitus' Dance, which left him with a lifelong physical tic when excited or under stress. Due to this illness he was withdrawn from public school and was home-tutored for two years. In order to improve his health, the Armstrong family moved to a house which overlooked the Hudson River, at 1032 Warburton Avenue in Yonkers. The Smith family subsequently moved next door.Armstrong's tic and the time he was removed from school led him to become socially withdrawn. From an early age he showed an interest in electrical and mechanical devices, particularly trains. He loved heights and constructed a makeshift backyard antenna tower that included a bosun's chair for hoisting himself up and down its length, to the concern of neighbors. Much of his early research was conducted in the attic of his parent's house.In 1909 Armstrong enrolled at Columbia University in New York City, where he became a member of the Epsilon Chapter of the Theta Xi engineering fraternity, and studied under Professor Michael Pupin at the Hartley Laboratories, a separate research unit at Columbia. Another of his instructors, Professor John H. Morecroft, later remembered Armstrong as being intensely focused on the topics that interested him, but somewhat indifferent to the rest of his studies. He was known for challenging conventional wisdom and being quick to question the opinions of both professors and peers. In one case he recounted how he tricked an instructor he disliked into receiving a severe electrical shock. He also stressed the practical over the theoretical, stating that progress was more likely the product of experimentation and work based on physical reasoning than on mathematical calculation and formulae (known as part of "mathematical physics").
Armstrong graduated from Columbia in 1913, earning an electrical engineering degree. He later received two honorary doctorates, from Columbia in 1929, and Muhlenberg College in 1941. In 1934, he filled the vacancy left by John H. Morecroft's death, receiving an appointment as a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Columbia, a position he held the remainder of his life.Following college graduation, he received a $600 one-year appointment as a laboratory assistant at Columbia, after which he nominally worked as a research assistant, for a salary of $1 a year, under Professor Pupin. Unlike most engineers, Armstrong never became a corporate employee. He set up a self-financed independent research and development laboratory at Columbia, and owned his patents outright.with this being so and so much more to learn about Edwin Howard Armstrong i would have to say he is on my list for one of the most important inventors in history.




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Bed Time Story 27

Once upon a time there was a man named Momofuku Ando and he was a Japanese inventor and businessman who founded Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd.. He is known as one of the inventors of instant noodles, instant ramen, and Cup Noodles. Ando was born Go Pek-Hok (Chinese: 吳百福; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gô Pek-hok) in 1910 into a wealthy Taiwanese family in Kagi-chō (嘉義廳^?) (modern-day Chiayi), Japanese-era Taiwan, and raised by his grandparents within the city walls of Tainan-chō (臺南廳^?) (modern-day Tainan) following the deaths of his parents. His grandparents owned a small textiles store, which inspired him, at the age of 22, to start his own textiles company, using 190,000 yen, in Eiraku-chō (永樂町^?), Daitōtei, Taihoku-shi (modern-day Taipei). In 1933, Ando traveled to Osaka where he established a clothing company while studying economics at Ritsumeikan University. After World War II, Ando became a Japanese citizen and moved to Japan, where he entered Ritsumeikan University and at the same time founded a small merchandising firm in Osaka with the inheritance from his family. "Momofuku" is the Japanese reading of his Chinese given name (百福; Pek-hok), while Andō (安藤) is a common Japanese surname. He was convicted of tax evasion in 1948 and served two years in jail. In his biography, Ando said he had provided scholarships for students, which at the time was a form of tax evasion. After he lost his company due to a chain reaction bankruptcy, Ando founded what was to become Nissin in Ikeda, Osaka, Japan, starting off as a small family-run company producing salt. In 1964, seeking a way to promote the instant noodle industry, Ando founded the Instant Food Industry Association, which set guidelines for fair competition and product quality, introducing several industry standards such as the inclusion of production dates on packaging and the "fill to" line. He was also the chairman of the International Ramen Manufacturers' Association. The Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum is named after him. Ando died of heart failure on January 5, 2007 at a hospital in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture at the age of 96. With this being so and so much more to learn about Momofuku Ando i would say he is on my list for one of the most interesting inventors in history.



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Bed Time Story 26

Once upon a time there was a man named Carl Roman Abt and he was a Swiss mechanical engineer, inventor and entrepreneur. He made groundbreaking innovations in rack-and-pinion railways, giving his name to one of the most widely used systems developed for mountain railways, the Abt rack system. Abt was born on 16 July 1850 in Bünzen. In 1882, while working in Paris, he designed and patented his rack-railway system that enabled at least one tooth of the rack to be permanently engaged. It was first used on the Blankenburg to Tanne narrow-gauge railway in the Harz mountains of Germany. Abt also developed the self-regulating "Abt Switch" for funicular railways and led the construction of 72 mountain railways worldwide including the Visp-Zermatt, Gornergrat, Furka-Oberalp and Ferrovia Monte Generoso railways. The most famous railway built with the Abt system is the Arica–La Paz railway in Bolivia. In 1903, as president of the Gotthardbahn company, Abt led buy-back negotiations with the German Confederation during the nationalisation of private railway companies. He received many honours, including an honorary doctorate (Doctor honoris causa) from the Technical University of Hanover and the John Scott Medal in 1882. He was also a patron and connoisseur of the arts, a member of the Swiss Federal Art Commission from 1904-1907 and the President of the Swiss Art Association from 1905-1911.Abt was a keen collector of hammered gold artwork; he would not let go of any coin or medal whose special beauty aroused his artistic interest. His coin and art collection was auctioned off after his death. With this being so and so much more to learn about Carl Abt i would have to say he is on my list for one of the greatest inventors in history.


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Bed Time Story 25

Once upon a time there was a man named Hovhannes (Ivan) Abgari Adamian and he
was an Armenian and Soviet engineer, an author of more than 20 inventions. The first experimental color television was shown in London in 1928 based on Adamian's tricolor principle, and he is recognized as one of the founders of color television.Adamian was born in a family of an Armenian merchant and petrol businessman. In 1897, he finished his schooling in Baku and moved to Switzerland. He studied at the universities of Zurich and Berlin. He designed systems of black and white, as well as color televisions. Developing theoretical works by other co-founders of color television like M. Le Blanc and P. Nipkov, Adamian was the first in the world to achieve practical results in color television and to carry out color television transfers^. The first color television project is claimed by him,and was patented in Germany on 31 March 1908, patent № 197183, then in Britain, on 1 April 1908, patent № 7219, in France (patent № 390326) and in Russia in 1910 (patent № 17912). In 1925 in Yerevan, Adamian demonstrated "Eristavi", a device for broadcasting color images. Supported by his friends and assistants from Armenia, he succeeded in demonstrating on a screen a number of color figures and patterns transferred from the laboratory next door.In 1913, Adamian returned to Saint-Petersburg, Russia. He had several long-term trips to Armenia before dying in 1932 in Leningrad. He was buried in the local Armenian cemetery and, in 1970, his remains were brought to Yerevan, to the Pantheon of famous Armenians. This being so and so much more to learn about Hovhannes Adamian i would say he's on my list for one of the most famous inventors in history.


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Bed Time Story 24

Once upon a time there was a man named Samuel W. Alderson and he was an inventor best known for his development of the crash test dummy, a device that, during the last half of the twentieth century, was widely used by automobile manufacturers to test the reliability of automobile seat belts and other safety protocols. Alderson was born in Cleveland, Ohio but was raised in southern California as a toddler where his Romanian-immigrant father ran a custom sheet-metal and sign shop. He graduated from high school at the age of 15 and went on to intermittently study at Reed College, Caltech, Columbia and UC Berkeley. He frequently interrupted his education to help out with the family sheet-metal business. He completed his formal education at the University of California, Berkeley under the tutelage of J. Robert Oppenheimer and Ernest O. Lawrence, but did not complete his doctoral dissertation.In 1952, he began his own company, Alderson Research Laboratories,and quickly won a contract to create an anthropometric dummy for use in testing aircraft ejection seats.In 1966, the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act was passed, which together with Ralph Nader's book, "Unsafe at Any Speed" put the search for an anatomically faithful test dummy into high gear. With this as a goal, Alderson produced the V.I.P., a dummy designed to mimic an average male's acceleration and weight properties, and to reproduce the effects of impact like a real person. His work went on to see the creation of the Hybrid family of test dummies, which as of the beginning of the 21st century are the de facto standards for testing.Alderson also worked for the U.S. military. During World War II, he helped develop an optical coating to improve the vision of submarine periscopes, and worked on depth charge and missile guidance technology.Alderson died at his home in Marina Del Rey, California, due to complications from myelofibrosis. With this being so and so much more to learn about Alerson i would have to say he is on my list for one of the greatest inventors in history.

Bed Time Story 23

Once upon a time there was a man named Nicolas Appert and he was the French inventor of airtight food preservation. Appert, known as the "father of canning", was a confectioner.
Appert was a confectioner and chef in Paris from 1784 to 1795. In 1795, he began experimenting with ways to preserve foodstuffs, succeeding with soups, vegetables, juices, dairy products, jellies, jams, and syrups. He placed the food in glass jars, sealed them with cork and sealing wax and placed them in boiling water.
In 1795 the French military offered a cash prize of 12,000 francs for a new method to preserve food. After some 14 or 15 years of experiment, Appert submitted his invention and won the prize in January 1810 on condition that he make the method public; the same year, Appert published L'Art de conserver les substances animales et végétales (or The Art of Preserving Animal and Vegetable Substances). This was the first cookbook of its kind on modern food preservation methods.In 1991, a monumental statue of Appert, a work in bronze by the artist Jean-Robert Ipousteguy, was erected in Châlons-en-Champagne. A plaque was affixed to his birthplace in 1986.
In 1999, busts of Appert by Richard Bruyère were erected in Institute of Food Technologists I.F.T. Chicago (USA), Massy, and Museum of Fine Arts in Châlons-en-Champagne.
In 2010, a statue of Appert by Roger Marion was erected in Malataverne (France).
A room in the Museum of Fine Arts and Archeology of Châlons-en-Champagne was dedicated to him, (collection Jean Paul Barbier and AINA detail objects on the site of the international association Nicolas Appert. There are 72 streets named after Nicolas Appert in France, and one in Canada.
There is a high school named after Nicolas Appert in Orvault, France.
In 1955 a French postal stamp commemorated him. Since 1942, each year the Chicago Section of the Institute of Food Technologists awards the Nicholas Appert Award, recognizing lifetime achievement in food technology. With this being so and so much more to learn about Nicolas Appert i would say he is on my list for one of the most important inventors in history.



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Bed Time Story 22

Once upon a time there was a women named Mary Anderson and she was an American real estate developer, rancher, viticulturist and inventor of the windshield wiper blade. In November 1903 Anderson was granted her first patent for an automatic car window cleaning device controlled inside the car, called the windshield wiper. Mary Anderson was born in Greene County, Alabama, at the start of Reconstruction in 1866. In 1889 she moved with her widowed mother and sister to the booming town of Birmingham, Alabama. She built the Fairmont Apartments on Highland Avenue soon after settling in. By 1893, Mary Anderson had moved west to Fresno, California where until 1898 she operated a cattle ranch and vineyard.
 In a visit to New York City in the winter of 1902, in a trolley car on a frosty day, she observed that the motorman drove with both panes of the double front window open because of difficulty keeping the windshield clear of falling sleet.When she returned to Alabama she hired a designer for a hand-operated device to keep a windshield clear and had a local company produce a working model. She applied for, and in 1903 was granted, a 17-year patent for a windshield wiper. Her device consisted of a lever inside the vehicle that controlled a rubber blade on the outside of the windshield. The lever could be operated to cause the spring-loaded arm to move back and forth across the windshield. A counterweight was used to ensure contact between the wiper and the window.Similar devices had been made earlier, but Anderson's was the first to be effective. This being so and still much much more to learn about Mary Anderson i believe puts her on my list of the most brilliant inventors of all time.







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Bed Time Story 21

Once upon a time there was a man named Albert Einstein and he was a German-born theoretical physicist. He developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics). Einstein's work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science. Einstein is best known in popular culture for his mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc² (which has been dubbed "the world's most famous equation"). He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his "services to theoretical physics", in particular his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect, a pivotal step in the evolution of quantum theory. Near the beginning of his career, Einstein thought that Newtonian mechanics was no longer enough to reconcile the laws of classical mechanics with the laws of the electromagnetic field. This led to the development of his special theory of relativity. He realized, however, that the principle of relativity could also be extended to gravitational fields, and with his subsequent theory of gravitation in 1916, he published a paper on general relativity. He continued to deal with problems of statistical mechanics and quantum theory, which led to his explanations of particle theory and the motion of molecules. He also investigated the thermal properties of light which laid the foundation of the photon theory of light. In 1917, Einstein applied the general theory of relativity to model the large-scale structure of the universe.Einstein published more than 300 scientific papers along with over 150 non-scientific works. Einstein's intellectual achievements and originality have made the word "Einstein" synonymous with "genius".Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, in the Kingdom of Württemberg in the German Empire on 14 March 1879. His parents were Hermann Einstein, a salesman and engineer, and Pauline Koch. In 1880, the family moved to Munich, where Einstein's father and his uncle Jakob founded Elektrotechnische Fabrik J. Einstein & Cie, a company that manufactured electrical equipment based on direct current.With this being so and so much more to learn about Albert Einstein, i would have to say he is one of the most important theoretical physicist in history.




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Bed Time Story 20

Once upon a time there was a man named Thomas Alva Edison and he was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. He was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production and large-scale teamwork to the process of invention, and because of that, he is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory. Edison was a prolific inventor, holding 1,093 US patents in his name, as well as many patents in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. More significant than the number of Edison's patents was the widespread impact of his inventions: electric light and power utilities, sound recording, and motion pictures all established major new industries world-wide. Edison's inventions contributed to mass communication and, in particular, telecommunications.These included a stock ticker, a mechanical vote recorder, a battery for an electric car, electrical power, recorded music and motion pictures.Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, and grew up in Port Huron, Michigan.His mother taught him at home. Much of his education came from reading R.G. Edison developed hearing problems at an early age. Edison obtained the exclusive right to sell newspapers on the road, and, with the aid of four assistants, he set in type and printed the Grand Trunk Herald, which he sold with his other papers. His talents eventually led him to found 14 companies, including General Electric, which is still one of the largest publicly traded companies in the world. All in all, with this said, and much more about Edison still to learn about, i would say he is one of the most important inventors in the world.




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Bed Time Story 19

 

Once upon a time there was a man who built a space ship. The man who built the spaceship had to share his technological idea with his own govornment. The govornment the gathered four men to take the ship to the moon. And, did. The four men gathered were later named the first to walk on the earths moon. One of those men, who was most famous of the four men,is niel armstrong.



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Bed Time Story 18

Once upon a time there was a little girl who would not wear her shoes. She was told again and again to wear them by everyone who knew her. And,well, she didnt wear them,when, one day she stepped on a piece of glass and the glass took off her toe. She cried and cried and everyone did not pitty her,but,did help het bandage it up. She now wears her shoes,or,so you would think. The point of this tale is that people tell you these things to mean well,not to be bossy to you.



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Bed Time Story 17

Once upon a time there was a black cat. The black cat was as black as can be. In rumor heard about the black cat is that you should not cross paths with it for it is considered to be bad luck to whom so ever does cross paths with the black cat. The black cat crossed paths with many people however scientists found that in there own studies that it did not change the luck of there test subjects. The point of this tale is that sometimes not everything that is believable is necessarily true.



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Bed Time Story 16

 

Once upon a time there was a garden. The garden was empty. And, it , well it was full of weeds and old wood. A day was spent pulling the weeds,removing the old wood and preparing to plant shrubs along with bush`s. The afternoon of the same day,after hard work was done,a garden was born. The point of this tale is not everything is easy to do,but,it is definate that in the end is worth doing.

Bed Time Story 15

Once upon a time there was a black shadow. The shadow was very scary. And, looking at the shadow was even frightening,but,with patience and bravery and being strong minded,the shadow dissapeared from the way it came. The point of this tale is that through our strengths we can make anything possible whether its through faith or something else.

Bed time story 14

Once upon a time there was a special day. The day was a holiday. Generations after generations had celebrated this day. And, it was the most important day of all days. This day is so special due to its place in history and its historical significance. Anywho, the point of this tale is that some days are more important than others and everyday is a blessing. Especially, this holiday.

Bed Time Story 13

Once upon a time there was a tooth ache. The toothache hurt so bad that it was intollerable. The toothache had lasted a week or two. Then,one morning the tooth didnt hurt no more. The point of this tale is that not everything lasts forever.

Bed time story 12

Once upon a time there was an earache. The earache hurt so bad it crippled all who had it. The earache is curable with medicine,but,it takes about a week. Sometimes the earache gives a head cold. Anywho, the earache someday soon will go away. The point is with hope and a little help,anything can happen.

Bed time Story 11

 

Once upon a time there was a silver spoon. The spoon was shiny and spangled deeply of silver and was used by few great men. One day the silver spoon was found by a lesser man and the spoon had a curse on it, the curse is that whoever possess the spoon will perish. And, it came to pass that the lesser man did perish,as well as the others who have found the spoon. Anyhow, the point of this story is that some things shouldn't be chased because they may never be found. And, if we chase them, we too can perish.

Bed time Story 10

Once upon a time there was an UFO. The UFO was spotted just to the west of the united states border and crash landed into the spine in the state of California. The crash landing was a huge news pitch for the media. And, since stories of alien related obductions had high tailed with countless of people missing, this crash landing was a must to investigate. Just, as there was to be an investigation, the media were over run by the united states secret service. And, days later the crash that was assumed a UFO was pronounced to be just a mere meteor crash.
The point of this tale is that sometimes certain individuals just don't want you and me to know about certain things.

Bed Time Story 9

Once upon a time there was a pussy cat. The pussy cat loved to chase mice. The pussy cat would wait for hours to have its claws on a mouse. And,one day it waited and waited and no mouse had come. The next day the same. And, the third day too. On the fourth day the pussy cat waited, a mouse ran around about. The pussy cat got really excited and chased the mouse until it could not chase the mouse anymore. The point of this story is , if we wait long enough exciting things will come our way , but , if we don't wait, then how are we to know what's to come are way?

Bed Time Story 8

 

Once upon a time there was a little boy named Charlie. Charlie, he loved to ride his huffy bike. He rode his bike everywhere and did tricks with his bike too, when, one day he crashed. Charlie broke his arm. Charlie, after seeing the doctor,doctor sweet, he had been told he may need to be more careful from now on when riding his bike for it would be easier to break it again. So, Charlie spent weeks healing his arm, but, kept on riding his bike and today he is a professional bmx biker. The point of this story is are you going to let a broken arm stop you from what you could be,or, are you going to do what you love to do instead of what people say you can never be.

Bed Time Story 7

Once upon a time there was a village far away. The village was far away so it would be free of danger,but, just because the village was far away doesn't mean it will be free from danger. And, one day danger fell upon the village far far away. An evil man named zorg raised an evil army of fifty thousand and destroyed the village far far away. In anguish and fear the people of far far away went far far away and built a new village and called it the village of far far far away and lived free from danger. Till this day far far far away village still sits and the people have lived happily ever after.