I NVENTIONS I N A MERICA By: Sarah Stetson

A LEXANDER G RAHAM B ELL ’ S DESIGN SKETCH OF THE TELEPHONE. Drawn by Alexander Bell in 1876 The telephone came a s a result of attempting to improve the telegraph. March 10, 1876 was the success of the telephone and the death of the multiple telegraph.

E MILE B ERLINER I NVENTOR OF THE G RAMOPHONE November 8, 1887 Was the date the gramophone was successfully invented. The purpose of this invention is recording and reproducing spoken words or sounds. Berliner was the first person to begin recording on flat discs.

E ZRA WARNER J R. INVENTION OF THE CAN OPENER This early version of the can opener was used mainly in military during the Civil War. It was later brought into kitchens when is was safer to use.

M OTION P ICTURE Thomas Alva Edison ( ) invented the first in This machine used a circular disc with still photographs of the successive phases of movement around the circumference to recreate the illusion of movement.

T HE W ILBUR AND O RVILLE W RIGHT B ROTHERS AND THE I NVENTION OF THE A IRPLANE

1903 Wilbur and Orville make the first free, controlled, and sustained flights in a power-driven, heavier- than-air machine. The first trial is made by Orville at 10:35 A.M., stays twelve seconds in the air, and flies 120 feet. Wilbur makes the longest flight in the fourth trial, fifty-nine seconds in the air and 852 feet.

T HE I NVENTION OF THE RADIO Nikola Tesla was a Serbian- American inventor who developed the radio. The first radio transmission across an ocean occurred December 12, 1901.

X-rays were discovered in 1895 by Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen Roentgen was a German physicist who described this new form of radiation that allowed him to photograph objects that were hidden behind opaque shields. These waves were called "X- radiation" because so little was known about them.

John Pemberton invented Coca- Cola on May 8th, 1886 in Atlanta, Georgia. The original Coca-Cola was created and named for its main ingredients, cocaine and the kola nut. Cocaine is no longer an ingredient of Coca-Cola, but caffeine, sugar, citric acid, and fruit oils remain

S AMUEL F OX INVENTED THE UMBRELLA It was patented in1825. This specific umbrella is called the “ribbed” umbrella due to the ribs holding the fabric in place. Fox started the "English Steels Company," which manufactured his new umbrella.

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