1. Start of Inventions For: Day 2

2. Early American Inventions of the Gilded Age

3. Inventions That Improved Transportation

4. 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.

5. 1. Invention: Airplane Inventor(s) Name(s): Orville and Wilber Wright
Year the Invention was created and/or patented:
First flight- Dec. 17, 1903 (Patented in March 1903)
2 interesting facts about the invention:
Very important in the 1st and 2nd World Wars.
Wright brothers started working on bicycles, moved to gliders, then to planes.
Impact on society:
Travel along long distances was quicker.
Created a new industry.

6. 2. Invention: Automobile
Inventor(s) Name(s):
Henry Ford
Year the Invention was created and/or patented:
Model T invented and patented
2 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:
Jobs, Mobility, Travel, & created the modern suburb.

7. Inventions That Improved Communication & Entertainment

8. Communication & information distribution was improved by the invention of the telephone, telegraph, phonograph, motion pictures, and radio.

9. 3. Invention: Telephone Inventor(s) Name(s):
Alexander Graham Bell
Year the Invention was created and/or patented:
1876 (patented the same year)
2 interesting facts about the invention:
Wanted people to say “Ahoy” not “Hello.”
Marked the end of the telegraph.
Impact on society:
Revolutionized communication (instantaneous communication).
New Industry (ex: AT&T), jobs, socializing.
How to use a rotery phone:

10. 4. Invention: Radio Inventor(s) Name(s): - Guglielmo Marconi
Year the Invention was created and/or patented:
Invented -1895
2 interesting facts about the invention:
David Sarnoff created NBC.
Impact on society:
Changed our lives by improving entertainment, information, & news.

11. 5. Invention: Movies Impact on society: Inventor(s) Name(s):
- Thomas Edison
(first commercially successful projector).
Year the Invention was created and/or patented:
William Lincoln :1867
George Eastman: 1882
Auguste & Louis Lumiere :1895
Edison: 1896 (his version was patented)
2 interesting facts about the invention:
First talking movie ever filmed was the “Jazz Singer.”
Animated pictures were first created using a devise called the “wheel of life.”
Impact on society:
News, entertainment, job, created celebrities.
Auguste & Louis Lumiere
Edison

12. Electrification and Labor-Saving Inventions

13. 6. Invention: Washing Machine Alva J. Fisher Impact on society:
Inventor(s) Name(s):
Hamilton Smith
William Blackstone
Alva J. Fisher
Year the Invention was created and/or patented:
Patented hand powered 1858 : Hamilton Smith
Invented hand powered device to use in home 1874: William Blackstone
Alva J. Fisher: 1908 (The “Thor” electric powered)
2 interesting facts about the invention:
1797 the “washing board” sparked the idea for this invention
Fast and efficient way to clean clothes.
Impact on society:
Created the soap industry and additional leisure time.

14. 7. Invention: Electric Stove Impact on society: Inventor(s) Name(s):
- Thomas Ahearn
- William Hadaway
Year the Invention was created
and/or patented:
-1882: Thomas Ahearn electric stove invented (only used in one Canadian hotel)
On June 30, 1896, William Hadaway was issued the first patent for an electric oven.
2 interesting facts about the invention:
Thick metal coils get hot- this is what is used to cook.
In homes by 1930s (towns had to have electricity first)
Impact on society:
Created jobs, cooking ease, additional leisure time and safety.

15. 8. Invention: Water Pumps Inventor(s) Name(s): - John G. Appold
Year the Invention was created and/or patented:
Year credited for invention (not electrified)
2 interesting facts about the invention:
First brought into the home in the late 1800s.
Provides running water to use inside the home.
-Hydro Power: provides electricity.
Impact on society:
Access to water, running water in homes and businesses.

16. 9. Invention: Electric Lighting Thomas Edison Inventor(s) Name(s):
Year the Invention was created and/or patented:
Patented on January 27, 1880.
2 interesting facts about the invention:
In electric wiring is strung.
In the 1920s people change from gas to electric lighting which is safer.
Impact on society:
Provided light after the sun set and increased work hours.
Improved safety.

18. More Inventions of the Gilded Age

19. 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.

20. Invention: Refrigerators
Inventor(s) Name(s):
-Carl von Linde
Year the Invention was
created and/or patented:
Created in 1876
Patented in 1877
2 interesting facts about the invention:
First small fringe cost $25.
Food could last longer.

21. Note :
Henry Ford:
Play “America: The Story of Us” from… “Boom”
10:50 to 17: 30
The Great Migration:
Note : Play “America: The Story of Us” from… “Boom”
26:00- 33:00
Prohibition:
33:00- 46