1876 Centennial Exhibition Research Paper

The 1876 Centennial Exhibition was held in Philadelphia, and it was planned to celebrate the one-hundredth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence being signed. This fair can be known for the many new inventions and products that were debuted at the fair, from the simplest of products such as bananas to the most complex invention at that time such as the telephone. These inventions and products were the main attractions and the fair was considered a success because of the machinery and with the success it boosted what is and was the most important thing at this point in time and that is foreign trade. With the 1873 financial panic in full swing, the Philadelphia Centennial was pushed to be made into reality even more, so that American …show more content…
Inventions such as the Corliss steam engine which; was the main attraction. The machine was 50 feet tall and powered all the machines that were in the thirteen acre building. With the machine being such a huge attraction it was left up to President Ulysses S. Grant and Brazilian emperor Dom Pedro to set the machine in motion. The next invention set the communication experience into a spin. The Telephone, which was designed by Alexander Graham Bell and the invention, became one of the most popular inventions at the fair. Bell’s attendance to the fair was unsure at first, but when he decided to come he drew a large crowd for his invention. In the crowd included to men of power Emperor Pedro and Lord Kelvin, Bell used Pedro as an assistant in his demonstration. Bell stood twenty feet away from Pedro and spoke into the transmitter, and with the receiver to his ear Pedro was astonished that it worked, uttering some of the most famous words from the fair “ My G**, it …show more content…
The fair started the way for: communication, typing, math, a soft drank that made its name for itself by giving away free drinks, and power, power that could not only power itself but other machines as well in a thirteen acre building. This fair was essentially trend setting or revolutionary to the technology world. The information that was researched for this paper not only confirmed my interest in the 1876 Centennial and how its inventions and products set the fair apart from others but how important the world and local fairs were to American and the European countries. While some fairs were terrible failures and let down for their respective states causing the state massive debt and disappointment, other fairs launched there state into financial rise and American pride. Fairs were essential to America’s history and the growth of America. Growth; this was the common motto for fairs, growing and trying to set way for the future. The aim was to grow in every way possible, and the fairs played a huge roll in every aspect of growth in America. The 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition started the way for technological growth and the finish line has yet to be

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