1. Inventors during the late 1800s

2. Elijah McCoy McCoy invented the oil dripping cup for steam engines. It was a way to lubricate the engine. Many people tried to copy it, But his invention worked so well that people started asking for the “real McCoy”

3. Thomas Edison Thomas Edison invented many things that changed life of the average American. Probably the most important area he worked in was electricity. Edison not only invented the light bulb, he also came up with many other mechanical uses for electricity.

4. Lewis Latimer Thomas Edison may have invented the light bulb, but he couldn’t have done it without the carbon filament that Lewis Latimer invented.

5. Alexander Graham Bell If you like talking on the phone thank Alexander Graham Bell. Without him you might never get the latest gossip.