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Innovator - Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander was born March 3rd, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland, and passed away on August 2nd, 1922. He was most famous for being the major inventor of the telephone, but he also did work on sound and the deaf. When he was younger, he had a passion for working with his father and grandfather on mechanics and helping the deaf. He soon made his own workshop, and moved out to America. After working on experiments for the telegraph, he made his own invention; the telephone, and started to make it public. -
Innovator - Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was born in Smiljan Lika, Croatia on July 10th, 1856, and died January 7th, 1943 in New York. He was mostly famous for creating the first versions of AC machinery, but had made many other things too, such as remote controls, x-rays, and radios. He came to the U.S. in 1844, and had actually worked with Thomas Edison for a bit, before Tesla parted off to start the Tesla Electric Company. He soon made the AC motor in 1886. -
Invention - First Film Ever
Race Horse Film When attempting to answer the question (as a bet for $25,000), "Are all four of a horse’s hooves ever off the ground at the same time while the horse is galloping?" Eadweard Muybridge, (a world famous photographer at the time), decided to place many cameras at different places, setting them off almost simultaneously at a galloping horse. By doing this, he had made the first "film" ever. -
Invention - Coca-cola
Around the time of 1866, John Pemberton, an american pharmacist, wanted to make something that would bring himself to success. At the time, soda fountain drinks were becoming popular, so he decided to make a whole new flavor of soft drink. He created himself a syrup, mixed it with carbonated water, and sold it to the public for 5 cents. It was first used as a patent medication, but soon made an non-alcoholic version.
