"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk."
-Thomas A. Edison
-Thomas A. Edison
Inventors and Inventions
Just as industry was growing, many new inventions were created by
Americans such as Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Christopher Sholes,
Jan Matzeliger, and George Eastman. Because so many new products were being
invented, the number of patents issued increased immensely. A patent is the
legal document an inventor gives a company allowing them to profit from their
invention. The most famous inventor was Thomas Edison who made some of the
most useful inventions that we still use. He is known for creating the light
bulb and many more products, such as the phonograph and the motion picture camera.
However, all of this would not be useful without his creation of the electrical
power plant that provided energy. Alexander Graham Bell, on the other hand, was
responsible for inventing the first telephone, an improvement to the telegraph
because it could actually carry a human voice and it made communication much
faster. Other famous inventors and inventions were the typewriter by Christopher
Sholes, the lightweight camera by George Eastman, and the shoe-lasting machine by
Jan Matzeliger. With these starting points in technology, we would not be where
we are today, and, even yet, our country continues to improve lives with new
technology.
Americans such as Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Christopher Sholes,
Jan Matzeliger, and George Eastman. Because so many new products were being
invented, the number of patents issued increased immensely. A patent is the
legal document an inventor gives a company allowing them to profit from their
invention. The most famous inventor was Thomas Edison who made some of the
most useful inventions that we still use. He is known for creating the light
bulb and many more products, such as the phonograph and the motion picture camera.
However, all of this would not be useful without his creation of the electrical
power plant that provided energy. Alexander Graham Bell, on the other hand, was
responsible for inventing the first telephone, an improvement to the telegraph
because it could actually carry a human voice and it made communication much
faster. Other famous inventors and inventions were the typewriter by Christopher
Sholes, the lightweight camera by George Eastman, and the shoe-lasting machine by
Jan Matzeliger. With these starting points in technology, we would not be where
we are today, and, even yet, our country continues to improve lives with new
technology.
