Famous and Not So Famous Inventors

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Famous and Not So FamousInventors

• By Claudia Heaps

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Thomas Edison1847 1931

• Only attended formal school
• for a few months
• Taught by his mother
• At 13 sold newspapers and
• candy on a local train line
• Obtained 1093 patents
• during his life

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Thomas Edison1847 1931

• His first successful invention was
• to improve the stock ticker
• First great invention was the tin foil phonograph
  which recorded sound
• First demonstrated the electric
• light in 1879
• Invented the kinetoscope
• or motion picture camera

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George Eastman1854 - 1932

• He quit school at 14 to help support his family
• He was paid 3 a week to be a
• messenger boy
• He was a well known philanthropist
• and gave away 100 million

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George Eastman1854 - 1932

• He invented easy use cameras
• And dry, transparent film on rolls
• His inventions made it possible
• for Thomas Edisons motion
• picture camera

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Philo T. Farnsworth1906 - 1971

• Born in a log cabin in Beaver, Utah
• His parents wanted him to become
• a concert violinist
• He once worked on a Salt Lake
• City street cleaning crew

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Philo T. Farnsworth1906 - 1971

• September 7, 1927 first components of
• the television were demonstrated
• He invented the first electron
• microscope and the first
• infant incubator
• Electronic eyes he invented
• were used in moon landings

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Bill William Lear1902 1978

• Went to school through the 8th grade
• During WW1, at 16 he joined the Navy
• After the war he became a pilot
• At the age of 20 he formed his
• first of many companies

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Bill William Lear1902 1978

• Invented the first practical car radio
• Invented a reliable aeronautical radio compass
  and automatic pilot system
• Invented the eight track tape
• with endless magnetic loop
• recording

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Stephanie Kwolek1923 - present

• Wanted to go to medical school, but lack the
  funds
• Took a research position
• with DuPont
• Worked hard so her job
• wouldnt be given to a man

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Stephanie Kwolek1923 - present

• In the 1960s discover crystalline polymers
• Material used in bulletproof vests
• Also used in radial tires, brake pads,
• racing sails, fiberoptic cable,
• water-, air-, and spacecraft shells

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Quick Quiz

• His invention led to the invention by another
  man.
• He filed over 1,000 patents in his life.
• He invented something for the audio, aviation,
  and auto industries.
• Wanted to go to medical school.
• His parents wanted him to be a musician.

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Quick Quiz

• His invention led to the invention by another
  man.
• George Eastman
• He filed over 1,000 patents in his life.
• Thomas Edison
• He invented something for the audio, aviation,
  and auto industries.
• William Lear
• Wanted to go to medical school.
• Stephanie Kwolek
• His parents wanted him to be a musician.
• Philo T. Farnsworth