Improved Communications
Samuel Morse- ________-1844 1870- Western Union formed- numerous companies joined together
Telephone 1871- Alexander Graham Bell “talking telegraph” Increased greatly between 1880 and 1900 (Hayes)
Box phone
Hand cranked generator (see price?)
Thomas Edison Developed a number of uses for electric power Phonograph Menlo Park, New Jersey ‘invention factory’ Phonograph Light bulb Electric plant Movie camera
Goal was to create 10 inventions a week (http://science.howstuffworks.com/10-inventions-thomas-edison5.htm)
Edison movie camera
Who benefitted from this technology? Businesses Consumers Industry