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Movers & Shakers: Inventions during the Industrial Revolution Thomas Edison Alexander Graham Bell Light Bulb (1879) Phonograph (1878) Motion Pictures (1888) Impact – Reliable source of light, mass entertainment Telephone (1876) Impact - Able to transmit sound over long distances, improving communication
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Guglielmo Marconi The Wright Brothers Impact - Provided wireless communication Radio (1902) Impact - Improved mobility & started aircraft industry The Airplane (1903)
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Henry Ford James Watt Impact - Assembly line production made cars affordable Automobile Assembly Line & the Model T (1908) Impact - Faster, more reliable transportation Improved Steam Engine (1784)
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Eli Whitney Louis Pasteur Impact - Quicker, improved cotton industry Cotton Gin (1794) Impact - Reduced infection, preserved food Pasteurization (1862)
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Joseph Lister Charles Darwin Impact - Higher survival rate in surgery Antiseptics (1867) Impact – new theory stirs controversy and conflicts with religious teachings Theory of Evolution (1859)
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Other Inventions/Ideas Joseph Cugnot (Automobile) Henry Bessemer (Steel Production) Robert Fulton (Steamboat) John Kay’s Flying Shuttle (Weaving Textiles) James Hargreaves (Spinning Jenny) I.M. Singer (Sewing Machine - Textiles) Samuel Morse’s Telegraph (Communication) Cyrus Field (Transatlantic Cable) George Eastman (Camera) Alessandro Volt (Battery) Gregor Mendel (Genetic Laws) John Dalton (Atom Theory) Ivan Pavlov & Sigmund Freud (Psychology)
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