helping to build the nation's economy during its early years. Some of Thomas Edison's inventions were the Electrographic Vote Recorder, Automatic Telegraph, Electric Pen, Phonograph, Carbon Telephone, Electric Lamp, Electric Lighting System, Electric Generator, Motograph, Fuel Cell Technology, Universal Stock Printer, Ore Separator,…
the work of Thomas Edison the world be very different than it is now, due to how much we rely on his inventions. During the Industrial Revolution numerous inventions were created to improve the lives of Americans. Without the inventions of Thomas Edison, the world would be much different than it is now because we would not have the technology to live. Edison’s life had a big impact on the inventions he created. Edison was born in Milan, Ohio on February 11, 1847. He went to school for a few…
Edison was already working as a telegraph operator and would continue to do so at a variety of different places for the next five years. Edison was working in Boston at the time that he decided to focus on his inventions and used his salesmanship skills to get several investors to fund his inventions ("Thomas Edison and Menlo Park"). A year later, he patented his electric vote recorder, which allowed a button to be pressed to record a vote, and a stock ticker that received and displayed numerous…
As a child, I recall playing on a rotary phone and spinning the dial wheel repeatedly as I imagined I was calling my grandmother. Eventually, the technology in telephones changed and the invention of the push button phones came about; however, they were not near as fun to play on as the rotary dial. The next step in the evolution of the phone came in the form of a hands-free unit, and eventually, the cell phone. This new technology has been instrumental in the growth of the telecommunication…
The Industrial revolution was known as the era to be the change from the use of hand methods of manufacturing to machine methods. The American Industrial Revolution changed the United States citizens from an agricultural people to one that was very industrialized. People started to perform much of their work in factories and on machines. The Revolution brought many changes to the societies that experienced the process of industrialization. Overall, the American Industrial revolution was a great…
This picture from the Battle of Collierville Civil War reenactment shows a young female child in a purple calico 1863 style dress holding a digital camera backwards, while intensely staring at the photographer who took this photo. In the background are two women and another female child all in dresses from the 1863 era. They are sitting on a quilt with a small basket. The women and second and second little girl, who is in a green calico dress, are all laughing and smiling at the young little…
Bell discovered that speech is in patterns. He gained financial aid from Gardiner Hubbard and Thomas Sanders. An electrical engineer named Thomas Watson helped Bell to invent the telephone. He successfully invented he telephone in 1876. In that same year, Elisha Gray was applying for a patent for the telephone but used…
efficiently. With the invention of the cotton gin, the process became automated and efficient. Instead of ten laborers, the job was reduced one slave. This offered a huge economic…
The gilded era was full of changes. All aspects of the American society were developing as technology improved. Innovations like the light bulb and telephone drastically improved ordinary things like communication and extended the time in the day. In addition, the newly built railroad system and invention of cars made transportation much easier throughout the country. Transportations biggest impact was on agriculture. Now that crops could be shipped across the country, small local farmers were…
functioned. Society changed with new inventions and with the new of idea of Social Darwinism. The standard of living increased, increasing the amount of required by each worker. Big business owners did not care about the conditions of labor; they only cared if they made a profit. The government was being manipulated by the rich and lost power over the rich. Society took a major impact when the citizens were being exploited by big business owners, and with new inventions that allowed women to…