Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and Christopher Columbus are all names that have given mankind great inventions and discoveries. But sometimes, their achievements still have a bit of a misunderstanding in them.
When it comes to light bulbs, the first name that pops into your head must be Thomas Edison. But did you know that of all the recognized inventions of Thomas Edison, the light bulb is the one that raises the most questions. Because why?
Thomas Edison.
According to Bulbs, many historians have confirmed that Thomas Edison was not the first and only person to find a way to create a light bulb. Before the incandescent lamp of Thomas Edison, there were more than 20 versions of the light bulb , in which the first light bulb was the arc lamp invented by Humphry Davy – a physicist and chemist. Cornwall School, United Kingdom.
This is not to deny Edison’s effort, but to show the fact that many people contributed to creating our light bulb today. In particular, Edison’s light bulb is still known and used much more widely than previous bulbs, thanks to its superiority in all three factors: efficient light-emitting material, the highest vacuum level that no version reached.
Henry Ford is not only known for his inventions and contributions to the auto industry, but also as a “worker’s fighter”. Because, the salary that Ford paid its workers at that time was $ 5 – double the normal rate.
And yes, Ford can afford to pay that high salary to its workers, and they totally deserve it. Because a few days after Ford’s Model T was released (1908), 15,000 orders appeared.
Henry Ford is also known as the “worker’s fighter”.
Ford’s Model T was then the first car at a price that allowed the middle class in America to buy it, thereby creating a huge step in the American auto industry. And because of that, many people believe that Ford was the one who invented the first car.
But the truth is not. The first car was created by a German carriage manufacturer – Karl Benz in 1885 (20 years before the Model T).
First car.
Above is the world’s first self-driving car invented by Benz, which is considered oddly funny. As it was not only a complicated and expensive car, this model was designed by Benz with the engine, the engine mounted behind a horse-drawn carriage.
On August 3, 1492, Christopher Columbus left the port of Palos, Southern Spain, to find a way to Asia, heading west instead of east as usual. It was this journey that inadvertently led to the discovery of America.
And that is knowledge that we probably all learned in high school. Only it wasn’t quite right.
the first European to “see” the Americas, the letter k was not Columbus.
In fact, the Americas were originally an uninhabited continent, later discovered by people from North Asia. These nomads became native here, and the first European to discover the Americas was Leif Erikson.
Leif Erikson is the son of Erik the Red – the founder of a settlement in frozen Greenland. As to how Leif Erikson discovered America, there are two different sources of information.
According to the Saga of the Greenlanders, Erikson got to know the Americas by hearing the story of Bjarni Herjólfsson. Bjarni Herjólfsson discovered the North American continent by accident when his boat swerved westward on its way to Greenland. Then, around the year 1000, a crew of 35 men commanded by Leif Erikson set out to find the land as Bjarni said.
Thus, Bjarni was the first European to “see” America, but did not set foot in it.
However, according to the Saga of Erik the Red, on the way back from Norway to Greenland to spread Christianity, Leif Erikson accidentally discovered that Vinland was also steered off course. Vinland is the Norwegian name given to the land of the Americas that he set foot in. Further discoveries are recognized as those of Thorfinn Karlsefni and his wife, Gudrid.
According to archaeological evidence, the name Vinland (meaning wine land) reflects the growth of wild grapes here. Another land Leif called Markland was rich in forests, where there were many trees to harvest and use.
Is it possible that before Columbus, some other people found the Americas? This is still controversial. However, the fact that Columbus was the discoverer of America is still recognized by history, so at the present time it is still standard knowledge that we need to grasp.