Movers & Shakers:Movers & Shakers:Inventions during Industrial RevolutionInventions during Industrial Revolution
How does technology improve people’s lives?
Henry Bessemer
Steel production (1855)
Impact – easier, faster to make steel
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
Thomas Edison George Eastman
Light Bulb (1879)
Phonograph (1878)
Motion Pictures (1888) Impact – Reliable source of light, mass entertainment
Roll Film/Camera (1888)
Impact – Able to easily take pictures (photographs)
EVERYDAY LIFE & ENTERTAINMENT
Alexander Graham Bell
Impact - transmit voice over wires, long distance communication
Telephone (1876)
Samuel Morse
Telegraph (1832)
Impact - transmit sound over wires
COMMUNICATION
Guglielmo Marconi
Radio (1902)
Impact - Provided wireless communication
Cyrus FieldTransatlantic Cable (1858)
Impact – Communication across the Atlantic
Henry FordAutomobile Assembly Line & the Model T (1908)
Impact - Assembly line production made cars affordable
The Wright BrothersThe Airplane (1903)
Impact - Improved mobility & started aircraft industry
TRANSPORTATION
Louis Pasteur
Impact - Reduced infection, preserved food
Pasteurization (1862)
Joseph ListerAntiseptics (1867)
Impact - Higher survival rate in surgery
IMPROVING HEALTH
Charles Darwin
Impact – controversy, conflicts with religious teachings
Theory of Evolution (1859)
Pavlov & Freud
Studies in Psychology (1800s) Impact – better understanding of how mind works
EDUCATIONAL IDEAS
Other Inventions/Ideas Alessandro Volta (Battery) Joseph Cugnot/Karl Benz (Automobile) Robert Fulton (Steamboat) Gregor Mendel (Genetic Laws) John Dalton (Atom Theory)
