Inventors of the Industrial

Revolution
Eli Whitney
A. Early Life
B. Cotton Gin
– 1. Increase of
cotton production
– 2. Patent
problems
C. Manufacture of
firearms
D. Impact on
industry Cotton Gin
Henry Bessemer & William Kelly
 Steel

A. Steel vs. Iron (pig)

B. New process
C. Impact on iron ore
& coal
Vs.
D. Influence on
railroads, bridges,
housing, etc. Iron
Edwin L. Drake
A. Drill for oil in
Pennsylvania

B. Kerosene,
waxes, lubricants,
later source of fuel
 George
Westinghouse
A. Compressed
air brakes for
railroad cars
-Safety so all
cars could
stop at the
same time
Samuel F.B. Morse
A. Telegraph
B. Morse Code
Alexander Graham Bell
A. Telephone
B. Impact of industry
C. AT & T
Christopher Sholes
A. Typewriter 1867

B. Keyboard

C. Impact on Industry
Thomas Edison
 Thomas Edison
Early life
Menlo Park Laboratory
– List of his patents
– http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bledisonpatents.htm

– 1093 patents
Let’s look at some of his more
famous inventions
 Edison’s Inventions
Improved the stock
ticker-1871

Phonograph-1877
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBXyuY2J20o

Kinetoscope-1891 incandescent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilvTwUjTdHw
light bulb-1878

Nickelodeon Started-GE
General Electric
 Thomas Edison
family life
On December 25, 1871, Edison married 16-year-old Mary
Stilwell, whom he had met two months earlier as she was an
employee at one of his shops. They had three children:
Marion Estelle Edison nicknamed "Dot"
Thomas Alva Edison, Jr. (1876–1935), nicknamed "Dash"
William Leslie Edison (1878–1937) Inventor Mary Edison
Mary Edison died on August 9, 1884, possibly brain tumor

On February 24, 1886, at the age of thirty nine, Edison married

20-year-old Mina Miller
They also had three children:
Madeleine Edison (1888–1979)
Charles Edison (1890–1969), who took over the company upon
his father's death and who later was elected Governor of New
Jersey
Theodore Edison (1898–1992), (MIT Physics 1923), had over
80 patents to his credit.
Mina outlived Thomas Edison, dying on August 24, 1947.
Mina Edison
 Thomas Edison
Thomas Alva Edison
said: "Genius is 1%
inspiration and 99%
perspiration!"