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Robert Fulton (Lancaster county, PA)
Invention: Steamboat
What causesd the Invention: he specialized as an engineer in canal navigation and ship building.
What does it do: The steamboat cut sailing time.
what is the reason for the Invention: he was comissioned to build it in 1801 and he sailed the Cairemont in 1807.
How did the invention impact America; He was the first to establish a commercially successful line of ships which led to a transporation revolution.
Today: Texas Treasures Casinos and Louisiana Casinos -
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Eli Whitney (Westborough, Mass.)
Invention: Cotton Gin
When: 1793
What does it do: Made cotton picking faster and easier by seperating cotton fibers from their seeds.
Reason for invention: Slaves and farmers had to pick cotton the hard way.
How the Invention Impact America: It increased cotton
production in the south and cotton manufacturing in the north.
Today: The cotton gin are new and more improed machines. The difference is that the cotton is cleaned and wound. -
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Samuel Slater (Belper/Derbyshire, Eng.)
Invention: Cotton Mill
when: 1793
What caused the Invention: The mills were poorly equipped and lacked access to enough water to provide the necessary power for operating spinning machines.
What does it do: he brought knowledge to America where he designed the textile mills.
what impact on America: He is known as "The father of the American Industrial Revolution"
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Samuel Morse (Charlestown, Mass.)
Invention: Morse Code
What caused them to invent: he pursued a means of rapid long distance communication after he received a message delivered by a horse messenger that his wife was dying and arrived too late for her funeral.
What does it do: The morse code became the primary language of telegraphy in the the world.
how did the Invention impact America: It opened up telegraphic communications from state to state.
Today: his invention led to wired communication. Morse code is still used today. -
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John Deere (Rutland, VT)
Invention: Steele Plow
When: 1837
What does the Invention do: plow through sticky soil withought clogging
What is the reason: The Implements beinmg used by pioneer farmers of tha tday were cumbersome and ineffective for cutting and turning the prarie soil.
How did the inventions impact America: The steele plow greatly aid migration into the American great plains in the 19th and 20th century.