The Digital Watch by Katie Blum

First Base

Finding the basic who, where, when facts. This was done for Ms. Carlson and Mr. Holister in October 97.

I crossed first base today with Mr. Hollister by telling him that my invention, the digital watch was invented as a result of an evolutionary process. By combining the quartz cyrstal,(which supplies the power) invented in 1929, and the microchip invented between 1973 and 1974 bby combining thease thing they were able to create a watch that didn't have to be wound and had it's own source of power. One of the first watch companies to invent it was the bulliva watch company in switzerland. I understand that i need to remember thease things, or I could go back to hame plate.

Second Base

Expository Writing Paragraphs for Ms. Snyder and Mr. Carey in December 97.

Third Base

Creative Writing Paragraphs for Ms. Snyder and Mr. Carey in January 98.

Home Plate

Graphics from Electives: Pictures drawn for Ms. Swayze in Visual Arts, Mr. Bergen in CP1 and a movie for Ms. Elroy in Drama.

Sources

The digital watch was not an original invention, but rather a result of commercial companies wanting to make a better product than what was available at the time. The original wrist watch was rather bothersome and inconvenient, because you would have to wind a knob every few days to keep the watch going, and if you forgot to wind it, it would stop at any given time. Because of all the unwanted labor, the watch companies decide to invent a better, more efficient watch due to consumer demand. In late 1929 a quartz watch came out, it had no springs, this meant that a watch would be able to run for an extended period of time without winding. Then in the mid 1980Ős computer chips were being mass produced. Many people began to find other uses for them. A big company called Bulova Watch Company came out with the first watch to combine the quartz crystal, the power source of the watch and the microchip, the computer that allowed for a display and special functions such as a stop watch or alarm. The word digital refers to the type of watch with a display that shows numbers by arranging eight different pixels per number.

Bibliography

1. Academic American encyclopedia "clocks and watches" copyright 1991 by Grolier Incorporated

2. Comptons encyclopedia volume 25 "clocks and watches" copyright 1991 by Comptons Learning Company division of Encyclopedia Britannica, inc.

3. McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science and technology -8th edition "watches" copyright 1997 by McGraw-hill, inc.

4. The New illustrated Science and invention Encyclopedia "Clock" Copyright 1987 by Marshall Cavendish limited