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Inventors and Inventions of The Mid-Late 19th. Century
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Gatling Gun
Designed by Richard Gatling in Indianapolis, Indiana, the gatling gun revolutionized military technology. It was the first true automatic weapon and the predecessor to the modern day machine gun. This weapon gave one soldier the power of a hundred infantrymen. It was sold to many foreign powers who studied it and modified it into their own designs. This weapon helped evolve warfare from lines of men with muskets to hand held automatic weapons and more in an extremely short time. -
Typewriter
Christopher Latham Sholes, Carlos Glidden and Samuel W. Soule invented the first commercially produced typewriter in Milwaukee, WI. Sholes, an editor, wanted to apply moveable type to a machine for individual use. With the help of inventors working independently over decades and the financial support of an investor, he eventually sold his share of the patent to a successful manufacturer, E. Remington & Sons. It became widely used by writers and offices workers, revolutionizing these industries. -
Levi Strauss
Levi Straus (1829-1902) is most known for inventing blue jeans. He worked as a tailor in San Francisco and was asked to make sturdier utility pants by a Nevada tailor, Jacob Davis. Using the supplies in his business and partnering with Davis, they were able to come up with the basic design for modern blue jeans that millions wear today and is the basic foundation of the casual apparel industry. He patented the design on May 20, 1873. -
John Pemberton
On May 8th,1886 in Atlanta, Georgia, John Pemberton, a local pharmacist invented the extremely popular carbonated soft drink known as Coca-Cola. Pemberton got addicted to morphine during the Civil War after being wounded and devoted himself to finding a cure for the addiction. While experimenting with Coca Wines he created a prototype meant to be a medicine but after further experimentation and replacing the alcohol with water, he decided to sell it as a beverage now sold throughout the world.
