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Inventions

Inventions. Chap. 19 Sec. 2. Changed in Communication. Due to the vast distance people could now travel a need to stay connected developed. The Telegraph- Samuel Morse created it in 1844. by 1860 telegraph wire all around U.S. and even Europe. Used Morse code to communicate.

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Inventions

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  1. Inventions Chap. 19 Sec. 2

  2. Changed in Communication • Due to the vast distance people could now travel a need to stay connected developed. • The Telegraph- Samuel Morse created it in 1844. by 1860 telegraph wire all around U.S. and even Europe. • Used Morse code to communicate. • Controlled by Western Union Telegraph

  3. Telephone • Alexander Graham Bell- wanted to be able to have “voice” travel through the wire. • In 1876 created the first telephone

  4. Many New Inventions • Business Invention- Christopher Sholes- typewriter 1868 William Burroughs- adding machine • Lifestyle inventions- George Eastman- Kodak Camera 1888 John Thurman- Vacuum cleaner 1899

  5. The Light Bulb • Thomas Edison- created a workshop in Menlo Park New Jersey. • First invented the phonograph, motion picture projector, telephone transmitter, and the storage battery. • In 1879 developed the first workable light bulb. Then a power plant that could distribute power to the bulb.

  6. George Westinghouse • George Westinghouse took Edison’s invention a set further. • In 1885 develops transformers to send power more efficiently and over greater distances.

  7. African American Inventors • Lewis Howard Latimeri improved filament for light bulbs • Granville Woods- many electrical invention and railroad improvements. • Elijah McCoy- machine for oiling machinery • Jan E. Matzeliger- shoe making machine

  8. Henry Ford • 1908 Henry Ford revels the Model T- first long lasting cars. • With this invention he also creates a factory that uses assembly lines to mass produce the car.

  9. Need a place to Sell the goods • With so many new inventions and goods being created, they was a demand for a place to by all these goods. • New store are created to sell them; • Montgomery Wards, Sears, Roebuck, and Woolworths were all created.

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