1. OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Inventors And Inventions James M. Florence ELCAN Optical Technologies

2. OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS What is the difference between a “discovery” and an “invention”? A discovery is when someone finds something that has always been there –Christopher Columbus discovered America –John Sutter discovered gold in California –Benjamin Franklin discovered that lightning was a form of electricity An invention is something that someone makes that solves a problem or makes some job or activity easier to do –Problem: when lightning strikes a house, it can cause damage and even start a fire –Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning rod that conducted the electricity of a lightning strike away from a house and into the ground Inventions

3. OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Benjamin Franklin’s Lightning Rod

4. OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Some very early inventions Inventions Stone age tools The lever The wheel

5. OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS What about the inventor? Who invented what?? Examples Inventors and Their Inventions Eli Whitney The cotton gin

6. OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Examples Inventors and Their Inventions Alexander Graham Bell The telephone

7. OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Examples Inventors and Their Inventions Orville WrightWilbur Wright

8. OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Examples – with names that we easily recognize Inventors and Their Inventions Levi Strauss Levi’s blue jeans

9. OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Examples – with names that we easily recognize Inventors and Their Inventions Harvey KelloggKellogg’s corn flakes

10. OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Examples – with names that we easily recognize Inventors and Their Inventions Henry J. Heinz Heinz’s ketchup

11. OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Examples – with names that maybe you will recognize Inventors and Their Inventions Karl Benz The automobile

12. OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Examples – with names that maybe you will recognize Inventors and Their Inventions Edouard MichelinThe automobile tire

13. OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Examples – with names that maybe you will recognize Inventors and Their Inventions Adolphe Sax The saxophone

14. OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Examples –names you will probably not recognize Inventors and Their Inventions Philo T. Farnsworth The television

15. OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS The very first television image ever recorded Inventors and Their Inventions

16. OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS What about women inventors?? Inventors and Their Inventions Mary Dixon Kies An improved method of making sewing thread First woman in America to receive a patent

17. OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Other women Inventors and Their Inventions Stephanie Kwolek Kevlar – the material used to make bullet proof vests

18. OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Other ethnic backgrounds Inventors and Their Inventions Elijah McCoy First African-American to receive a patent The “Real McCoy”

19. OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Other ethnic backgrounds Inventors and Their Inventions Peanut Butter George Washington Carver

20. OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Other ethnic backgrounds Inventors and Their Inventions The yoyo Pedro Flores

21. OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Other ethnic backgrounds Inventors and Their Inventions Ellen Ochoa Invented many high precision optical instruments

22. OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS One very famous inventor we have not talked about Inventors and Their Inventions Thomas Edison The light bulb

23. OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS One very famous inventor we have not talked about Inventors and Their Inventions Thomas EdisonThe phonograph

24. OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS One very famous inventor we have not talked about Inventors and Their Inventions Thomas Edison The kinetoscope The first movie projector

25. OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Thomas Edison received over a thousand patents for his inventions A patent is a document issued by the government that protects an inventor from having his/her invention copied by others without his/her permission Inventors and Their Inventions

26. OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS A patent document Inventors and Their Inventions

27. OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS A patent document Inventors and Their Inventions

28. OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Some funny and unusual patents Inventors and Their Inventions

29. OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Some funny and unusual patents Inventors and Their Inventions

30. OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Some funny and unusual patents Inventors and Their Inventions

31. OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Some funny and unusual patents Inventors and Their Inventions

32. OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Some funny and unusual patents Inventors and Their Inventions

33. OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Some funny and unusual patents Inventors and Their Inventions

34. OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Some funny and unusual patents Inventors and Their Inventions

35. OPTICS - ELECTRONICS - ASSEMBLIES - SYSTEMS Some funny and unusual patents Inventors and Their Inventions