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EARLY AMERICAN
INVENTIONS OF THE GILDED
AGE
INVENTIONS THAT
IMPROVED TRANSPORTA
TION
1. Invention: Airplane Inventor(s) Name(s):
Orville and Wilber Wright Year the Invention was created
and/or patented: Dec. 17, 1903 (Patented in March
1903)
Interesting fact about the invention: Very important in the 1st and 2nd World
Wars. Impact on society:
Travel long distances quicker. Created a new industry.
2. Invention: Automobile
Inventor(s) Name(s): Henry Ford
Year the Invention was created and/or patented: Model T invented and patented --1903
Interesting facts about the invention: Ford could produce large quantities
quickly and inexpensively. First affordable car. Model –T and movable parts Assembly
Line improved in 1908.
Impact on society:Created the modern suburb. Increased jobs, mobility ,travel
INVENTIONS THAT
IMPROVED COMMUNICAT
ION & ENTERTAINME
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3. Invention: Telephone Inventor(s) Name(s):
Alexander Graham Bell Year the Invention was created and/or
patented: 1876 (patented the same year)
Interesting facts about the invention: the telephone connection to your house has not
changed in nearly a century By 1880 almost 49,000 telephones were in use. Impact on society:
Revolutionized communication (instant communication )
New Industry, jobs, socializing.
How to use a
rotery phone: http
://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIDw75mUl6c&feature=relmfu
4. Radio Inventor(s) Name(s):
- Guglielmo Marconi
Year the Invention was created:
Invented -1895
Interesting facts about the invention: David Sarnoff created NBC. (1stbroadcasting
company. By 1933, two-thirds of American homes had at least one
radio, twice as many as those with telephones.
Impact on society:Changed our lives by improving
entertainment, information, & news.
Radio: The
Broadcast Industry
David Sarnoff
Broadcast:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ukk6_OF0UPU
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3gjRDzss0M
5. Invention: Movies Inventor(s) Name(s):
- Thomas Edison (moving picture camera –kinetoscope)
Year the Invention was created and/or patented: Edison: 1893/1894
Interesting facts about the invention: First talking movie ever filmed was the
“Jazz Singer.” 1890 - 1927, thousands of silent films
were produced Impact on society:
News ,entertainment, jobs, created celebrities.
ELECTRIFICATION AND LABOR-SAVING
INVENTIONS
6. Invention: Washing Machine Inventor(s) Name(s):
Hamilton Smith William Blackstone Otto Warburg
Year the Invention was created and/or patented: Otto Warburg: 1908 (The “Thor”)
Interesting fact about the invention: First electric commercial washer
Impact on society:Created the soap industry and
additional leisure time.
7. Invention: Electric Stove Inventor(s) Name(s):
- William S. Hadaway Jr.
Year the Invention was created and/or patented:
- 1896 awarded the first U.S. patent for an electric stove.
Interesting facts about the invention: Limited at first to wired-up cities Increased use after rural electrification
projects of the 1930s and '40s
Impact on society: Created jobs, cooking ease, additional leisure
time and safety.
8. Invention: Water Pumps Inventor(s) Name(s):
- John G. Appold Year the Invention was created
and/or patented: Year credited for invention - 1851 (not
electrified, yet)
Interesting facts about the invention: First brought into the home in the late 1800s.
-Impact on society: running water in homes and businesses.
9. Invention: Electric Lighting Inventor(s) Name(s):
Thomas Edison
Year the Invention was created and/or patented: Patented on January 27, 1880.
Interesting fact about the invention:
In the 1920s people changed from gas to electric lighting which is safer.
Impact on society: Provided light after the sun set and increased work
hours. Improved safety.
NOTES: EARLY
AMERICAN INVENTIONS
Henry Ford’s Bright Idea: (Summarize the main ideas found in this section.)
Name the important person(s) & what he/she did:
Two Important Facts:
The Wright Brothers: (Summarize the main ideas found in this section.) -Orville and Wilber Wright invented the first plane which flew in Kitty Hawk, NC on Dec. 17, 1903; this invention made it possible to travel by air.
Name the important person(s) & what he/she did:Orville and Wilber Wright: First Plane
Two Important Facts:
Turn on the Radio: (Summarize the main ideas found in this section.) Communication and information distribution
improved by the invention of the telephone, telegraph, phonograph, motion pictures, and radio.
Name the important person(s) & what he/she did:
Telephone: 1876Telegraph: 1844Phonograph: 1877Motion pictures: 1895 Radio: 1920s
Two Important Facts:
Home Sweet 1914 Home: (Summarize the main ideas found in this section.)
Many inventions improved the lives of families, saved time such as the refrigerator, washing machine, running water, toaster, and electric stove.
Two Important Facts:
MORE INVENTIONS
OF THE GILDED AGE
Invention: Phonograph (Recorded sound/music)
Inventor(s) Name(s): Thomas Alva Edison
Year the Invention was created and/or patented: Invented 1877; Patented 1878
2 interesting facts about the invention: Recorded music, speeches, sound on
cylinders. Lead to inventions such as CD’s & Ipods.
Invention: Refrigerators
Inventor(s) Name(s): -Carl Paul Gottfried von Linde
Year the Invention was created and/or patented:
1877
2 interesting facts about the invention:First small fringe cost $25.Food could last longer.