Scribd
Upload
11 views22 pages

Top 10 Game-Changing Inventions

The document discusses significant inventions and their impact on American society and the economy, highlighting key figures such as Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison. It emphasizes the surge in patent registrations in 1897 and the transformative nature of inventions like the telephone, airplane, and assembly line. The text also encourages group discussions and personal reflections on the best inventions and their effects on daily life.

Uploaded by

satyajeet2002kum
Copyright
© All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
11 views22 pages

Top 10 Game-Changing Inventions

The document discusses significant inventions and their impact on American society and the economy, highlighting key figures such as Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison. It emphasizes the surge in patent registrations in 1897 and the transformative nature of inventions like the telephone, airplane, and assembly line. The text also encourages group discussions and personal reflections on the best inventions and their effects on daily life.

Uploaded by

satyajeet2002kum
Copyright
© All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd

Create a list of the top

ten BEST inventions.


Be prepared to explain your answer.
Guess Who?
What do these people have in common?

 Alexander Graham Bell telephone


 Thomas Edison light bulb
 Lewis Waterman fountain pen
 James Ritty cash register
 Jan Matzeliger shoemaking machine

What did each do?


NYC - 1895
Safety Razor with
removable blade 1895

Motor Powered Vacuum


Cleaner 1908

Brooklyn Bridge 1869


Phonograph 1877

Airplane 1903

Assembly line 1913


Ferris Wheel 1893
1886
Inventions Change the Nation
The Patent Office had never seen a
year like 1897. An average of 60
patents were being granted
everyday. By years end,
Americans had registered some
21,000 patents. This was more
than the total recorded in the entire
1850’s.
Patent – license for a new invention
NOW… Work in
groups to discover your
new idea to patent!
[Link]
[Link]
Shark Tank
2015 Invention awards
[Link]
8/coolest-inventions-2015/

apple
HOMEWORK:

Interview a family member

•What is the best invention of all time?

•What invention has most impacted your life?

•Discuss changes from when they were “your


age.”
Total Recall
30 Seconds
List
inventions of
the time.
HW
New Inventions transformed daily life in the United States.
They also helped the American economy grow.
Who needs that !?!?
•The Wright brother’s experiment with the
“flying machine.” Surprising, people were
not too interested at first. It was the United
States military that first recognized a
practical use for their new discovery.
•Cyrus Field laid an underwater cable that
transmitted telegraph messages from North
America to Europe. This led to A.G. Bell’s
discovery of the “talking machine” which
we call the telephone; another “toy”
invention that was followed by 587
1858 map of Atlantic Telegraph Cable
The first laying of the cable was made in 1857
Henry Ford revolutionized automobile
production with the assembly line. This
made it possible for millions of Americans
to afford cars.
1903 Mass
1901 NY State
Individual
Other important inventions such as the
telegraph, the transatlantic telegraph
cable, and the telephone were important to
businesses after 1850 because they filled a
need that other inventions of the day could
not. Businesses that thrived on shipping
overseas really benefited.
•Thomas Alva Edison was the master of
many inventions: motion picture projector,
electric power plant, phonograph,
incandescent light bulb. He became known
as the “Wizard of Menlo Park” because he
systemized the process of creating
inventions.
"If we did all the things we are capable of, we would
literally astound ourselves"
-Thomas A. Edison
Edison
[Link]
Vs.
Tesla
46739-tesla-vs-edison-
[Link]

You might also like