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Trailblazers of the Industrial Revolution: Inventors Who Transformed Industries

Explore the lives and impacts of inventors like Eli Whitney, Henry Bessemer, Thomas Edison, and more who revolutionized industries with groundbreaking inventions during the Industrial Revolution era. From the Cotton Gin to the Phonograph, their creations reshaped the world. Discover their stories and legacies.

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Trailblazers of the Industrial Revolution: Inventors Who Transformed Industries

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  1. Inventors of the Industrial Revolution

  2. Eli Whitney

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

  4. Henry Bessemer & William Kelly

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

  6. Edwin L. Drake

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

  8. George Westinghouse

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

  10. Samuel F.B. Morse

  11. A. Telegraph • B. Morse Code

  12. Alexander Graham Bell

  13. A. Telephone • B. Impact of industry • C. AT & T

  14. Christopher Sholes

  15. A. Typewriter 1867 • B. Keyboard • C. Impact on Industry

  16. Thomas Edison

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

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

  19. Thomas Edisonfamily 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. Mary Edison Mina Edison

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

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