1900: Zeppelin – Count Ferdinand Von Zeppelin

1901: Safety Razor – King Camp Gillette

1902: Air Conditioning – Willis Carrier

How did people cope without Air Conditioning? Think of what life would be like without some of these inventions! Life without Air Conditioning seems so strange to us in the present day, but it was a normal fact of life for most of the world just 50 years ago, and many parts of the world (and America) still have no climate control in their homes.

1902: Teddy Bear – (Anonymous)

1902: Neon Light – George Claude

1903: Crayons – Binney & Smith (Crayola Co.)

1903: Powered Flight/Airplane – The Wright Brothers. Kill Devil Hills, NC

Flight before the Wright Brothers Hot air ballooning had been around since 1783 and Zeppelins were already floating around in Europe by the time the Wright Brothers flew for the first time. What makes their flight so different?

1904: Tractor – Benjamin Holt

1905: Theory of Relativity – Albert Einstein

What’s the big deal? Why is relativity so important anyways?

1906: Corn Flakes – William Kellogg

1908: The Model T Ford Henry Ford introduced the concepts of Mass Production Assembly Line Replaceable Parts Birth of the Modern Factory

Replaceable Parts? Who cares? Why would replaceable parts be such a big deal? Why would it change the way we work in our factories?

1913: The Crossword Puzzle – Arthur Wynne

Assignment: Inventions Quiz 1)Pick one invention from all the inventions we have looked at that you think influenced the development of our present most. Explain why you think this invention is more influential than all the other ones. Give me a good paragraph worth of explanation. 2)Pick one invention from all the inventions we have looked at that you think is most interesting to you personally. Explain why you think this invention is more interesting than all the other ones. Give me a good paragraph worth of explanation. 3)The list of inventions is on the next slide. Don’t freak out.

Inventions (Not a complete list) 1)Light Bulb 2)Repeating Rifle 3)Ironclad (Battleship) 4)Pasteurization 5)Player Piano 6)Roller Coaster 7)Barbed Wire 8)Dynamite 9)Typewriter 10)Vacuum Cleaner 11)Chewing Gum 12)Blue Jeans 13)Loudspeaker 14)Stapler 15)Phonograph 16)Microphone 17)Telephone 18)Cash Register 19)Photo Film 20)Electric Fan 21)Blowtorch 22)Trolley Car 23)Automobile 24)Safety Bicycle 25)Motorcycle 26)Dishwasher 27)Gasoline Engine 28)Record Player 29)Ceiling Fan 30)AC Electric Power 31)Kodak Hand Camera 32)Ballpoint Pen 33)Harvester/Thresher 34)Escalator 35)Zipper 36)Radio 37)Tape Recorder 38)Zeppelin 39)Safety Razor 40)Air Conditioning 41)Teddy Bear 42)Neon Light 43)Crayons 44)Flight 45)Tractor 46)Theory Of Relativity 47)Corn Flakes 48)Model T Ford 49)Assembly Line 50)Replacement Parts 51)Crossword Puzzle