How technology helped improve life and made people more productive and or healthy.1865-1929 (RR)

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    Technological/Science Events That Made Life Better

    The purpose of this timeline to mention notable inventions and advancements that made life better.

  • Thomas Edison invented the incandescent light bulb

    Thomas Edison invented the incandescent light bulb
    Thomas Edison invents the incandescent light bulb which would revolutionize the lives of millions of people by allowing them to do more at night. The incandescent light bulb provided light for so many people. After creating the incandescent light bulb, he created the Edison Electric Illuminating Company which supplied electrical current to a small number of customers in New York City. Which would help with his invention of the incandescent light bulb by providing the electricity needed to use it

  • Thomas Edison invented the incandescent light bulb (Citation)

    https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=46#
    "Thomas Edison's Patent Application for the Light Bulb"

  • Geroge Westinghouse Creates AC

    Geroge Westinghouse Creates AC
    Westinghouse was responsible for making electric lighting possible on a national scale.
    While Edison used DC, which could only extend 2 miles from the power source, in 1886, Westinghouse created alternating current which traveled all over the US. This invention greatly improved quality of life for millions of Americans. Westinghouse Electric Company delivers AC power to factories, farms, & homes. Anything that required power could be given power despite the proximity of the power source location

  • Geroge Westinghouse Creates AC (CITATIONS)

    Corbett, U.S. History, Chapter 18 | Industrialization and the Rise of Big Business, 1870-1900. Pg. 514

  • Railroads accelerate growth of industries

    Railroads accelerate growth of industries
    Railroads and the improvement of steam powered engines allowed the railroads to move faster than ever also this helped move people faster and goods too. This helped spur the growth of industries. This changed how people traveled, before railroads it took forever to get from point a to point b and horses had to stop and rest and horse manure was a problem. This technological advancement helped move goods faster. Railroads made things more efficient for everyone in the united states.

  • Railroads accelerate growth of industries (CITATIONS)

    <Corbett, U.S. History, Chapter 18 | Industrialization and the Rise of Big Business, 1870-1900. Pg. 515>

  • Tractor innovates farming

    Tractor innovates farming
    The invention of the gasoline powered tractor in 1892 helped improve the quality of life for farmers by completing work in half of the time originally required. Prior to the gasoline tractor being invented, tractors could not go backwards, there was a safety issue because they were always threatening to set fire to the grain & stubble in the field.They were bulky & heavy hard to maneuver which was time consuming.Tractors would soon be popular on farms in the south due to the demand caused by WW1

  • Tractor innovates farming (CITATIONS)

    http://www.froelichtractor.com/thetractor.html
    Froelich Foundation Froelich Tractor

  • Willis Carrier invents the Air Conditioner (Electromechanical cooling)

    Willis Carrier invents the Air Conditioner (Electromechanical cooling)
    Willis Carrier inventing the Air Conditioner was a major invention that has had a major impact on all of our lives. The air conditioner would soon make a major impact on multiple industries. Willis Carrier invented the Air conditioner in Buffalo, New York to solve an application problem for the Sackett-Wilhelms Lithographing and Publishing Company.
    Overtime the air conditioner was used in homes, stores, trains, and automobiles. This invention helped improve life in so many ways.

  • Willis Carrier Invents the air conditioner (CITATIONS)

    http://www.williscarrier.com/1876-1902.php
    The Invention That Changed the World

  • The Discovery of Insulin

    Insulin, 1922
    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/24/health/24first.html

  • The Discovery of Insulin

    The Discovery of Insulin
    Insulin was a miracle treatment for people with diabetes because previously it meant death in most cases. It was untreatable about people suffered greatly because of it.
    Frederick Banting isolating Insulin is one of the most notable medical advances our society has seen. Diabetes was a deadly disease because it was untreatable. Insulin is important to all humans because it prevents blood sugar from being too low or from being too high.
    The discovery of Insulin helped people all over America.

  • Discovery of Penicillin by Alexander Fleming

    Discovery of Penicillin by Alexander Fleming
    Alexander Fleming was inspired after seeing so many soldiers die from sepsis resulting from infected wounds. Antiseptics, which were used at the time to treat infected wounds, often worsened the injuries. Penicillin was first discovered in 1928 and is now the most widely used antibiotic in the world. Alexander's discovery changed the medical world. Penicillin is the most widely used antibiotic drug in the world. Fleming's discovery would soon help millions of soldiers on the war front.

  • Discovery of Penicillin by Alexander Fleming

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2566493/pdf/11545337.pdf