VIPs of Industrialization

Andrew Carnegie

• Led the expansion of the American steel industry
• Founded Carnegie Steel
• Donated large sums of his fortune to educational, cultural and scientific institutions

Josephine Cochrane

• Invented first automatic dishwasher
• wanted a machine that could wash dishes faster than her servants without breaking them
• made dishwashing easier

Thomas Edison

• Inventor of the telegraph, universal stock ticker, alkaline batteries, kinetograph (camera for motion pictures)
• Invented incandescent electric light bulb
• Made working at night easier with the invention of the light bulb

Alexander Graham Bell

• scientist, inventor and engineer
• created first telephone
• made communication easier and faster without use of telegram

Henry Ford

• Founder of Ford Motor Company
• Inventor of mass production
• Used mass production in his Motor Company to bring down the cost of Automobile ownership

Lewis Latimer

• Improved light bulb invented by Edison
• Invented the first water closet (toilet) for railroad cars
• Invented forerunner of the air conditioner in 1886
• Worked closely with Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell

Paragrah Summary

• All of these people have affected our lives in one way or another. I am very thankful for all of them. I do however like that Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. I don't know what I would do all day or night if I didn't have one. I use it to call/text my mom and for apps such as Netflix and Youtube. In my opinion, this is the best invention!!