Paige Kermendy´s Innovators and Inventions

By Paige Kermendy

  • American Football

    American Football
    [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_inventions_(before_1890)] On November 6th, 1869 the first American Football game was played between Rutgers and Princeton University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The game was created by Walter Camp, who attended Yale, and with the rise of American technology, Camp was able to form an entirely different game. He altered rules form both Rugby and Futbol (Soccer), and created a NEW game with NEW rules on a NEW field.

  • American Football Cont.

    American Football Cont.
    http://www.history.com/news/ask-history/who-invented-football. This had never been done before. With the support of Yale and Harvard, the game eventually took America by storm. The game became so popular, that the U.S. created a National Football League, and ever since, the game has become America's favorite sport. In fact the NFL is so popular, it on average makes 9.5 billion dollars per year.

  • Levi Strauss Cont.

    Levi Strauss Cont.
    Despite the gold rush dying out years before, blue jeans became an instant success. Later he partnered with other tailors, creating a whole line of trousers, and still today the Levi Strauss & Co continue to make big money. Strauss is one of the most famous tailors in the world and his invention is still a very popular and famous one.

  • Levi Strauss

    Levi Strauss
    After leaving New York to go to San Francisco in 1850, Levi Strauss, a trained tailor, saw a need for sturdier work pants while watching miners search for gold. He soon though of an idea. He got together with a few other tailors and they developed a plan to create better working pants. With the newest technology in fabrics and materials Strauss managed to form a good product. Finally in 1873, he sold his new creation, blue jeans.

  • The Telephone Cont.

    The Telephone Cont.
    http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/1800b.shtml. The idea was originally for the deaf because Graham Bell had worked with deaf people most of his life. In fact, that was the way he paid for his making of the phone. Soon after immigrating to America, Alexander opened a school for the deaf. Even though the telephone was not used the way Bell had planned, this invention changed the world.

  • The Telephone

    The Telephone
    http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/alexander-graham-bell. On March 7th 1876 in Boston Massachusetts, Alexander Graham Bell created the first telephone. Using the latest technology like the telegraph and Bell's knowledge with electricity, Alexander was able to create a devise that turns electrical impulses into sounds, so that people could communicate easier than ever before.

  • John Pemberton

    John Pemberton
    http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/spring08/Cantwell/invention.html. In 1886, a pharmacist named John Pemberton created something we often see every day, Coke. After many failures at the pharmacy counter, Pemberton wanted to make something that would get him rich. By using his technology in the pharmacy, John was able to create the sweet syrup that we all know.

  • John Pemberton Cont.

    John Pemberton Cont.
    http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/1800b.shtml. After his big break, Pemberton partnered with Frank Robinson and David Roe, then making Coca Cola an even larger success. Soon after though, John Pemberton grew tired of the company and sold the company to Robinson & Roe, retiring with more than enough money.