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Inventors. Mrs. Curry Oakway Middle School March 22, 2003. Beulah Louise Henry. 1887 – ????. 1887 - 1949. Vacuum Ice Cream Freezer. Ms. Henry’s first patent Patented in 1912. Snap-on Umbrella Covers. 1924 Umbrella with snap-on covers Sold process for $50,000. Toys. Educational
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Inventors Mrs. Curry Oakway Middle School March 22, 2003
Beulah Louise Henry 1887 – ???? 1887 - 1949
Vacuum Ice Cream Freezer • Ms. Henry’s first patent • Patented in 1912
Snap-on Umbrella Covers • 1924 Umbrella with snap-on covers • Sold process for $50,000
Toys Educational • Kiddie Klock • Cross Country board game Other • 1929 Dolly Dips • 1935 Miss Illusion doll
Other Inventions • 1932 Protograph • 1940 Bobbinless sewing machine • 1952 Continuously-attached envelopes
Samuel Finley Breese Morse 1791 - 1872
Telegraph • 1832 idea of telegraph • 1840 granted patent • 1858 transatlantic telegraph
Morse Code • 1838 invents Morse Code • Dots and dashes are symbols for letters and numbers
First Message • Sent message May 24, 1844 • From Washington, D.C to Baltimore, MD • What hath God wrought?
Alexander Graham Bell 1847 – 1942
Telephone • 1874 sketch of telephone • February 14, 1876 applied for patent
First Phone Call • March 10, 1876 first speech heard • “Mr. Watson, come here I want to see you.” • January 25, 1915 formal opening of transcontinental telephone line • New York to San Francisco
Other Inventions • Photophone • 1881 Metal Vacuum Jacket • breathing apparatus • February 23,1909 Silver Dart • first powered flight in Canada Silver Dart
Thomas Alva Edison 1847 - 1931
Phonograph 1887 New Phonograph 1877 Cylinder Phonograph First Words Recorded “Mary Had a Little Lamb”
Light Bulb • 1878 – 1879 light bulb lasts for 13 hours
Kinetoscope and Kinetograph • 1888 idea for Kinetoscope • August 24, 1891 patent applied for Kinetoscope and Kinetograph
Bibliography • Pictures used by permission Library of Congress American Memory Collection