Technology and Industrialization Key Inventions Technology and Industrialization
Transatlantic Cable (Telegraph) 1866 First Successful One Facilitated transatlantic trade News spread very quickly Made people aware of time differences
Alexander Graham Bell and his Phone (not a cell phone) Bell Telephone Company in 1877 300,000 phones by 1885 Pace of business accelerates Men begin unsuccessful attempts to get women’s phone numbers
The “Wizard” of Menlo Park 1093 patents Invention as a business Light bulb, phonograph, movies, and… Electric power plant
Refrigerated Railroad Car Don’t have to ship whole animal, which means… More space Less poop
Meatpacking Industry in the Midwest
The Typewriter
The Kodak Camera 1888 New, lightweight camera Not digital Mr. Joseph on vacation, 1888
Elijah McCoy’s Automatic Lubricator Used on railroad engines and in factories Lead to the phrase “The Real McCoy”
Jan Matzeliger’s Shoemaking Machine 1883 Mechanized shoe making
Surprise, Surprise Blacks had a tough time getting patents But many of them did anyway
The Moving Assembly Line Took idea of assembly line and added… A conveyor belt
Cars for the People Car buying goes up in the 1910’s It soars in the 1920’s The Ford Model T
The Wright Brothers Looked at the design of birds for inspiration Flew for 59 seconds in 1903 Plane significant in WWI Plane travel by late 20s/early 30s