1900: Zeppelin – Count Ferdinand Von Zeppelin

1901: Safety Razor – King Camp Gillette

1902: Air Conditioning – Willis Carrier

How did people cope without Air Conditioning?

Think of what life would be like without Think of what life would be like without some of these inventions! Life without Air some of these inventions! Life without Air

Conditioning seems so strange to us in the Conditioning seems so strange to us in the present day, but it was a normal fact of life present day, but it was a normal fact of life

for most of the world just 50 years ago, for most of the world just 50 years ago, and many parts of the world (and America) and many parts of the world (and America) still have no climate control in their homes.still have no climate control in their homes.

1902: Teddy Bear – (Anonymous)

1902: Neon Light – George Claude

1903: Crayons – Binney & Smith (Crayola Co.)

1903: Powered Flight/Airplane – The Wright Brothers. Kill Devil Hills, NC

Flight before the Wright Brothers

Hot air ballooning had been Hot air ballooning had been around since 1783 and Zeppelins around since 1783 and Zeppelins

were already floating around in were already floating around in Europe by the time the Wright Europe by the time the Wright Brothers flew for the first time. Brothers flew for the first time.

What makes their flight so What makes their flight so different?different?

1904: Tractor – Benjamin Holt

1905: Theory of Relativity – Albert Einstein

What’s the big deal?

Why is relativity so Why is relativity so important anyways?important anyways?

1906: Corn Flakes – William Kellogg

1908: The Model T Ford

•Henry Ford introduced the concepts of

•Mass Production•Assembly Line•Replaceable Parts

•Birth of the Modern Factory

Replaceable Parts? Who cares?

Why would replaceable Why would replaceable parts be such a big parts be such a big deal? Why would it deal? Why would it change the way we change the way we

work in our factories?work in our factories?

1913: The Crossword Puzzle – Arthur Wynne

Assignment: Inventions Quiz

1) Pick one invention from all the inventions we have looked at that you think influenced the development of our present most. Explain why you think this invention is more influential than all the other ones. Give me a good paragraph worth of explanation.

2) Pick one invention from all the inventions we have looked at that you think is most interesting to you personally. Explain why you think this invention is more interesting than all the other ones. Give me a good paragraph worth of explanation.

3) The list of inventions is on the next slide. Don’t freak out.

Inventions 1865-1913 (Not a complete list)