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Antonio Meucci Young Inventors' Competition Final Judging Set for Today

By: Jun. 02, 2013
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The Garibaldi-Meucci Museum has announced the selection of 15 finalists for its annual Antonio Meucci Young Inventors' Competition. This year the event, co-sponsored by Time Warner Cable, expanded registration to include students in grades 4 through 8 from schools throughout New York City and New Jersey.

Students were invited to present an original idea for a new invention/product or an improvement on an existing one. This year's chosen entries are simple, creative solutions to common problems.

The final judging will take place today, June 2 between 12 noon and 3 p.m. at the St. Joseph's Parochial School auditorium (139 St. Mary's Avenue at the corner of Tompkins Avenue in Rosebank, Staten Island). At that time the students will present their inventions and any prototypes they have created to the panel of expert judges. They will also be expected to explain the scientific principles behind their inventions. The public is invited to come view the final entries and celebrate these ingenious students at a reception that will take place during the final judging. Cash prizes will be awarded.

The Antonio Meucci Young Inventors' Competition was inspired by the legacy of the ingenuity and innovation manifested in the life of Antonio Meucci. Throughout his lifetime (1808-1889), Meucci was responsible for many inventions, improvements and ideas. In addition to his discovery of principle of physiophony, which led to his invention of the telephone in 1848 (when Alexander Graham Bell was 2 years old), Meucci manufactured smokeless candles, created a tea and coffee filtering system, made improvements in oil and kerosene lamps, perfected a process to make paper from wood pulp, and even canned tomato sauce. The historic Garibaldi-Meucci Museum is housed in the cottage that was Meucci's home from 1850 until his death there in 1889.

For more information visit www.garibaldimeuccimuseum.org or call 718-442-1608.

Regular museum hours are 1 p.m.-5 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday. Admission is $5 per person, members and children under 10 are free. Call ahead for groups of 10 or more. The first floor of the museum is wheelchair accessible. The historic Italian landmark on Staten Island, the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum is owned and administered by the Order Sons of Italy in America.




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