https://padlet.com/5014881/1hxj599e37f46ejq Five Inventors/Industrialists After the Civil War en-us 2020-10-20 19:15:56 UTC 2025-10-26 22:55:53 UTC hello@padlet.com https://cdn.instructables.com/ORIG/FAM/IQ3U/J2AWDNTI/FAMIQ3UJ2AWDNTI.png 5014881 https://padlet.com/5014881/1hxj599e37f46ejq/wish/846378259 He was born February 11, 1847, Milan, OH. He passed away October 18, 1931, West Orange, NJ. Edison was an american inventor who, singly or jointly, held a world record 1,093 patents. He created the world’s first industrial research laboratory. His most famous inventions include the phonograph, the incandescent light bulb, and the motion picture.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Edison ]]> 2020-10-20 19:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/5014881/1hxj599e37f46ejq/wish/846378259 5014881 https://padlet.com/5014881/1hxj599e37f46ejq/wish/846465403 Eli Whitney was born December 8, 1765, West borough, MA. He passed away January 8, 1825, New Haven, CT. Whitney was a widely known American inventor. His most famous invention was the cotton gin. It was a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. He overall helped shape the economy of the Antebellum South. 
https://www.biography.com/inventor/eli-whitney]]> 2020-10-20 19:43:13 UTC https://padlet.com/5014881/1hxj599e37f46ejq/wish/846465403 5014881 https://padlet.com/5014881/1hxj599e37f46ejq/wish/846495037 Fulton was born November 14, 1765, Pennsylvania. He died February 24, 1815, New York, NY. Robert Fulton was an American engineer and inventor. He was known for developing a commercially successful steamboat. This contributed significantly to America’s westward expansion.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-Fulton-American-inventor]]> 2020-10-20 19:52:01 UTC https://padlet.com/5014881/1hxj599e37f46ejq/wish/846495037 5014881 https://padlet.com/5014881/1hxj599e37f46ejq/wish/846512800 He was born July 10, 1856, Smiljan, Croatia. Tesla sadly passed January 7, 1943, The New Yorker - Wyndham, New York, NY. Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer. He invented many important items including fluorescent lighting and the alternating current (AC) electrical power system. The Tesla Coil is used in many items today including the modern radio and television.
https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/nikola-tesla]]> 2020-10-20 19:57:38 UTC https://padlet.com/5014881/1hxj599e37f46ejq/wish/846512800 5014881 https://padlet.com/5014881/1hxj599e37f46ejq/wish/846529944 Goodyear was born December 29, 1800, New Haven, CT. He died July 1, 1860, New York, NY. Charles Goodyear was an American self-taught chemist and manufacturing engineer. He was widely known for developing vulcanized rubber. Rubber became important in industry as it could withstand large amounts of pressure.
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