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John Kay
John Kay invented the flying shuttle. The flying shuttle was a new weaving machine. It made weaving a whole lot faster than tossing it around. -
Eli Whitney
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. A machine that automated the separtation of the cotton seed from the short-staple cotton fiber. This invention made harvesting cotton a much quicker process. -
Henry Bessemer
Henry Bessemer was the first inventor of the process of manufacturing steel. This made it easier to build sturdier buildings, and also made him a very successful business man. -
Robert Fulton
Robert Fulton is widely credited for inventing the steamboat. A boat that is run by a steam-powered engine using a paddle-wheel. It was mostly used in the 19th century. This made transporting goods faster and more efficient. -
Samuel Morse
Samuel Morse is mostly known for his single-wire telegraph system. It was based on other European telegraphs. Using this invention people could telegraph from long distances. He was also a co-inventor of the Morse code. -
Alexander Graham Bell
Bell is credited for inventing the very first practical telephone. This allowed people to make calls and talk to each other with thier voice from longer distances away. -
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison is known for inventing many things, but the best known is for the invention of the lightbulb. The ligthbulb brought light into the homes of many people who had only burned lanterns to see at night. This allowed people to see at night without carrying a lantern around with them everywhere they went. -
Gottlieb Daimler
Daimler took the internal combustion engine to the next step, and patented the gas engine. This began the development for automobiles. -
Nikola Tesla
Tesla was famous for inventing the alternating current supply system. It would supply an alternating current for electricity so it wouldn't oversupply. -
Guglielmo Marconi
Marconi invented radio telegraph system. This invention hepled people connect over radio from long distances away from each other.
