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Calculator
The inventor was Blaise Pascal. It was a clever device run by gears and was cable of mechanically addition and subtraction. -
Power Loom
The inventor was Edmund Cartwright. The first power loom was invented in 1784 and first built and used in 1785. The power loom allowed for more cloth to be made in a short amount of time, faster than a human could. Because of the loom, many textile workers lost their jobs and they rioted, intent on destroying the machines. It was a steam powered invention by combining thread into cloth, mechanizing the whole process. -
Cotton Gin
The Inventor was Eli Whitney, inventor of the modern Cotton Gin. The Cotton Gin separated Cotton from it's seeds. It was created in 1793 and patented in 1794. -
Steam Locomotive
The inventors were George Stephenson and Richard Trevithick. The Steam Locomotive was a railway locomotive or train that ran on steam. Steam was created by boiling water. The fuel that was used in Steam Locomotives were coal, wood, or oil. Steam Locomotives are still used today for recreational activities like riding old railways in old trains that look new. The Steam Locomotive was created in 1801 and ridden 3 years later in 1804. -
Suspension Bridge
The inventor was John Roebling. A suspension bridge is a type of bridge where the low-bearing deck which is hung below suspension cables on vertical suspenders. The first suspension bridges that were made were in the early 1800's. -
Door Lock
The inventor was Linus Yale Sr.. The first double-acting pin tumbler lock was invented in 1805 by physician Abraham Q. Stansbury. In 1848, Linus Yale Sr. made the modern version that is still in use today. -
Combine Harvester
The inventor was Hiram Moore. The earliest combine harvester that was made was by a Scottish inventor named Patrick Bell and was made in 1826. These Combine Harvesters were pulled by teams of horses or mules since the invention of the engine was later. The Combine Harvester is called that because it combines 3 chamber processes in one: Reaping, Threshing, and Winnowing. -
Photography
The inventor was Nicephore Niepce. He took the first photograph in 1826 or 1827. It was of the view of an upstairs window of Niepce's estate in the Burgundy region of France. -
Safety Pin
The inventor was Walter Hunt. The pin was made from one piece of wire, which was coiled into a spring at one end and a separate clasp and point at the other. Allowing for the point of the wire to be forced by the spring into the clasp. -
Automated Sugar Refining
The inventor was Norbert Rillieux. Raw Sugar is taken from storehouses and the sugar is mixed with heavy syrup and centrifuged to remove unwanted outer sugar crystals in raw sugar. Norbert created a process that automated this and made it faster so making sugar was increased and was faster and less work. It was patented in 1864. -
Cable Car
The inventor was Andrew Hallidie. These cars were being drawn along a long and electric cable. It was better than using trains to get from place to place. Especially, when going through the air to a remote place which was hard for any locomotive. -
Telephone
The inventor was Alexander Graham Bell. The first call that was made on Alexander Graham Bell's new telephone was to Thomas Watson. Alexander said, "Mr. Watson--come here--I want to see you." Of course, the telephone idea was developed by Antonio Meucci in 1849. Of course, they never knew each other.
