Outside Reading #2

In the book I am reading right now there are some technology devices that the main character birngs up many times throughout her book. One of them is watches. Watches are the family business. They make, repair, and even get clocks exactly on time. The other one is the radio. The radio started showing up in the city where Corrie is living right before World War 1. "In the 15th century the first watches were being made. However during 16th century watches were made in decent sizes for the person" (Wikipedia). "Pocketwatches were another type of watch that became very popular during the 1600's" (Wikipedia). "Then in the year 1765 the whole view of the watch began to change and allowed for the watch to be only off by a couple of seconds every day" (Wikipedia). The watch is one of those devices that have always been there but people don't really know where they came from so that is why I decided to look into it. Radio was the other advancement that changed the lives of the ordinary citizen once agian. "Thomas Edison was the first to start playing around with the ideas of the radio in 1885. In 1894 the first radio that could actually transmit sound and speech was invented by two men known as Professor Oliver Lodge and Alexander Muirhead" (Wikipedia). As years passed new additions were being made to the radio and it kept getting smaller and more technical. These two things are becoming more of a symbol in the book after every chapter.