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Jordan-Newby Norfolk Public Library
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Inventors and Inventions
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Paper
Paper China 105 AD Modern paper, and the
papermaking process, was invented in China around
105 AD. Paper was named after papyrus, a reed
that the ancient Egyptians used to make material
to write on. Ancient people used pressed reeds
and rags for paper. Today companies use wood
pulp to make paper products.
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Telescope
Telescope 16th century Historians believe Hans
Lippershey invented the telescope in 1608. When
he placed two lenses in a tube, distant objects
seemed to be much closer. The great Italian
scientist Galileo (1564-1642) is also credited
with inventing the telescope to study the stars
and planets.
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Toilet 16th century The toilet was created and
then improved by many people over the last 500
years in fact, it continues to be reinvented
to this day. Sir John Harington invented the
very first flush toilet in the 16th century for
Queen Elizabeth in her palace. She called it the
water closet.
Toilet
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Telephone
The Telephone 1876 Alexander Graham Bell turned
sound vibrations into variations in electrical
current that could be transmitted through wires
from one place to another. His invention started
the ideas for intercoms, walkie-talkies, radio
signals, FAX messages and even the Internet.
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Lightbulb
Light Bulb 1879 The electric light bulb was
invented in 1879 by two people, Thomas Alva
Edison in the United States and Sir Joseph Wilson
Swan in England. Swan actually made the first
electric light, but had trouble keeping the light
on inside the bulb. Edison was successful in
producing a 16-watt light bulb that lasted 1500
hours.
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Automobile
Stoplight

• The Automobile Early 1900s
• Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot of France built the first
  self-propelled vehicle. In 1769, his
  steam-powered tricycle carried four passengers
  for 20 minutes at a top speed of 3.6 km/hr. It
  was in 1908 that Henry ford started a car company
  making the model T. The car was inexpensive and
  easy to drive.

• The Stoplight Early 1900s
• African-American inventor Garrett A. Morgan
  developed a traffic signal that raised and
  lowered Stop and Go signs. This technology
  has been electrified, then computerized, but not
  replaced because the science of its use was both
  revolutionary and ahead of its time.

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Airplane
Airplane 1903 Orville and Wilbur Wright
invented the first powered airplane at Kitty
Hawk, North Carolina. The flight only lasted 57
seconds, but opened the door to passenger
flights, jet planes, and even space flights.
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Television
Television 1927 Philo Farnsworth sent the first
television signal in his lab in San Francisco,
California in 1927. The image was a simple black
line that was being rotated to see if the
television could record and reproduce its
movement. The first TV didnt have any sound, but
Philo loved inventing and continued to improve
his idea of the television. He also developed
the idea of radar and the black light, which
makes things look as if theyre glowing.
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Computer
Computer 1945 Machines for doing complex math
calculations were used by the Chinese thousands
of years ago. In 1945, the Electronic Numerical
Integrator and Calculator was invented. The
machine filled a very large room and had its own
air conditioner. Modern developments such as the
computer chip, a computer can fit into the palm
of your hand.
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CDs

• Digital Video Disc 1995
• No one person is responsible for inventing the
  DVD technology. Ten of the worlds largest
  electronics, TV, computer and entertainment
  companies worked together to create the DVD
  format in 1995. DVDs look similar in size and
  appearance to a compact disc but they hold a lot
  more information than a CD everything from
  massive computer programs to full-length movies.

Compact Disc 1980 Philips Company began working
on the compact disc technology in the mid-1960s,
but it wasnt on the market until 1980. Philips
joined with Sony Corporation to create the first
compact disc players in Japan. As the cost of CD
technology dropped, its become possible for
musicians all around the world to record and sell
their music.
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Written and produced by June Hartig and Alison
Campbell 2001