2. Inventors of the Industrial Revolution

3. Eli Whitney

4. A. Early Life B. Cotton Gin –1. Increase of cotton production –2. Patent problems C. Manufacture of firearms D. Impact on industry Cotton Gin

5. Henry Bessemer & William Kelly

6. A. Steel vs. Iron (pig) B. New process C. Impact on iron ore & coal D. Influence on railroads, bridges, housing, etc. Steel Vs. Iron

7. Edwin L. Drake

8. A. Drill for oil in Pennsylvania B. Kerosene, waxes, lubricants, later source of fuel

9. George Westinghouse

10. A. Compressed air brakes for railroad cars -Safety so all cars could stop at the same time

11. Samuel F.B. Morse

12. A. Telegraph B. Morse Code

13. Alexander Graham Bell

14. A. Telephone B. Impact of industry C. AT & T

15. Christopher Sholes

16. A. Typewriter 1867 B. Keyboard C. Impact on Industry

17. Thomas Edison

18. Early life Menlo Park Laboratory –List of his patents –http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bledisonpatents.htm http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bledisonpatents.htm –1093 patents Let’s look at some of his more famous inventions Thomas Edison

19. Edison’s Inventions Phonograph-1877 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBXyuY2J20o Kinetoscope-1891 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilvTwUjTdHw Nickelodeon Improved the stock ticker-1871 incandescent light bulb-1878 Started-GE General Electric

20. 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 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 Mary Edison

21. Thomas Edison Thomas Alva Edison said: "Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration!"