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U.S.
History Mr. Careswell, Instructor |
Inventions, Innovations, and "Money Men"
Thousands of technological advances were developed during the latter part of the 19th Century. Your paper should explore one of the many innovations of the time and include the following:
Background information. Important dates.
Who was the Inventor
What did it do? In what way did it change our lives?
What would life today be like without this invention?
Topics:
| Steam Locomotive | Flight | Christopher Sholes |
| Telephone | Sewing Machine | Thomas Edison |
| F. B. Morse | Train | Mike Faraday |
| Typewriter | Anesthetics | Henry Bessemer |
| Light Bulb | Cinema | James Ritty |
| Dynamo | Medical innovations | James Volta |
| Bessemer process | Automobile | Fredrick Scott Archer |
| Cash Register | Military inventions | Etienne Lenoir |
| Battery | Andrew Carnegie | Guglielmo Marconi |
| Photography | John D. Rockefeller | William Crookes |
| Internal Combustion Engine | Richard Trevithick | Wright Brothers |
| Radio | Alexander Graham Bell | Isaac Singer |
| Cathode Ray | Telegraph |
Inventions Websites:
Thomas Alva Edison as a Scientist and Inventor
Industrial Revolution: Good or Bad?
A Science Odyssey: Then+Now: Technology
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Industrial Revolution
Workers in 19th-century Britain
Environmental History Timeline
The Two Countries That Invented the Industrial Revolution
The National Inventors Hall of Fame
If you can't find what you're looking for in the above sites, use a search engine:
Subject Directories
:
Yahoo
Magellan
Search Engines:
Alta Vista
Lycos
HotBot
Infoseek
Excite
Webcrawler
Remember, to print from Netscape, you will need to "cut and paste." If you need help, use the Printing from Netscape directions sheet or ask Mrs. Tesar for help. If you want to print a graphic, ask in advance and pay 10 cents per page. Be sure to get the information you need for your bibliography as you search. Look under Citing Sources on the Library Home Page for instructions on how to cite an Internet source.