1. Movers & Shakers: Inventions during Industrial Revolution
How does technology improve people’s lives?

2. I. TEXTILE INDUSTRY
A. John Kay - Flying Shuttle (1733)
B. James Hargreaves - Spinning Jenny (1764)
C. Eli Whitney – Cotton Gin (1794)
D. IM Singer – Sewing Machine (1851)
Impact – Quicker, cheaper, improved textile industry

3. 1. Improved Steam Engine (1784) 1. Steel production (1855)
II. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
A. James Watt
B. Henry Bessemer
1. Improved Steam Engine (1784)
1. Steel production (1855)
Impact – easier, faster to make steel
Impact - Faster, more reliable engine

4. III. EVERYDAY LIFE & ENTERTAINMENT
A. Thomas Edison
B. George Eastman
1. Light Bulb (1879)
2. Phonograph (1878)
3. Motion Pictures (1888)
1. Roll Film/Camera (1888)
Impact – Able to easily take pictures (photographs)
Impact – Reliable source of light, mass entertainment

5. IV. COMMUNICATION
A. Alexander Graham Bell
B. Guglielmo Marconi
1. Telephone (1876)
1. Radio (1902)
Impact - transmit sound over long distances, improves communication
Impact - Provided wireless communication

6. V. TRANSPORTATION
B. Henry Ford
A. The Wright Brothers
1. Automobile Assembly Line & the Model T (1908)
1. The Airplane (1903)
Impact - Improved mobility & started aircraft industry
Impact - Assembly line production made cars affordable

7. Impact - Reduced infection, preserved food
VI. IMPROVING HEALTH
A. Louis Pasteur
B. Joseph Lister
1. Pasteurization (1862)
1. Antiseptics (1867)
Impact - Reduced infection, preserved food
Impact - Higher survival rate in surgery

8. The Actual Telephone (National Museum of American History- The Smithsonian Institute)