It would take me forever to talk about ALL the inventors in history and of today, so I'll just focuse not only on famous important inventors, but on famous inventions that peple might not know who invented. I will put it alphebeticaly fro convinience :)

Mary Anderson
The windshield wiper was invented by Mary Anderson in 1903 and then patented by her in 1905 to help cars operate saftley in the rain.

Alexander Graham Bell
Bell invented the telephone in 1876 as many people might know. He also invented the multiple telegraph, the hydroairplane, and techniques in how to teach the deaf to speak.

George Washington Carver
Carver was an ex slave who helped imporve the south greatly. He created many products from peanuts, sweet potatoes, peacans, and soybeans which even improved the health of southern farmers. Other inventions from him include a rubber substitute, adhesives, foodstuffs, pigments, and dyes.

George Crum
George Crum invented the delicious treat known as the potato chip in 1853 :)

Earl Dickson
Dickson invented the first real bandaid. He perfected the bandaid in 1920 makeing it sterile, small, and have an adhesive. He actualy made them because his wife would get little cuts from working in the kitchen.

Thomas Alva Edison
Everyone knows Edison for his world changing inventions. He inproved the electric lightbulb and invented the phonograph, the phonograh record, motion picture projector, and carbon telephone tranmitter.

Henry Ford
This is also a house-hold name. He was an engineer who used the first conveyor belt-based assembly-lines in his car factory. He paid high wages yet cars were affordable. He intoduced his Model T car in 1908 and it was a success. With his fast productioon, it took about 93 minutes to make a Model T.

Joseph Gayettey
Gayettey invented toilet paper in 1857. The toilet paper was not exactly like the paper we have today but was flat sheets. This invention failed intill about 1867 when the Scott brothers perfected it on a roll.

Elias Howe
Patented and improved sewing machines in 1846. His machines used two seperate threads, one threaded through the needle, and the other one in a shuttle. A hand crank was used to power it.

Richard James
James is known as the inventor of the BEST TOY EVER... the slinky in 1943. He actualy invented it by accident when trying to develope springs to support sensitive equipment on ships.

Lord Kelvin
Lord Kelvin (William Thompson) designed the Kelvin scale. 0 K is absolute zero "and the size of one degree is the same size os one degree Celsius." Water freezes at 273.16 K and water boils 373.16 K.

Johan Edvard Lunstrom
Lunstrom invented safety matches in 1855 in Sweden. It was the first easy, simple, safe way to make a fire.

Cyrus McCormick
Cyrus was the inventor of the mechanical reaper. He revolutionized farming. Less people were needed to farm, increaed crop yeilds, and lowered costs.

James Naismith
James is credited as the invetor of basketball. He was a Canadian gym teacher. In 1891 he came up with the idea so kids could have a sport in the winter to play. The first games were played with soccer balls and peach baskets.

Elisha Graves Otis
Otis invented the elevator brake which increased safety on elevators greatly. He used a ratchet on a spring to catch the elevator in case of an accident.

John Pemberton
Pemberton was a soldier, pharmacist, and inventor. He invented Coca-Cola in 1886 in Atlanta, Georgia after alcohol consumption was banned from Atlanta. It was named after its main ingredients, coca leaves and kola nuts.

Jesse W Reno
Reno invented the first escalator in 1891. The first escalators had a stationary handrail which was later changed to a moveing one.

James Ritty
Ritty invented and patented the cash register in 1879 which revolutionized shopping and the way people would keep records of their purchases.

Jonas Salk
Salk was a physician who invented a vaccine against polio, a devastating disease in 1947. Salk put an end to the polio epidemic running through thousands of children during that time.

John S Thurman
invented the gasoline powerd vacume cleaner in 1899. It was patented many times after that. He charged people about 4$ to go to their house and clean it for them. 4$ was a lot of money at that time.

Johan Vaaler
Vaaler created and patented the paper clip in 1899.

Madam Walker
She was an African American inventor, businesswomen and self made millionaire. She was very succsesful in invented many beauty products and selling them door to door. One of her first beauty products was a scalp treament.

Eli Whitney 
As many know, Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in 1794. It cleaned cotton and removed its many seeds. The South became very rich but they neglected Whitney and did not pay him so he went out of buisness.

thats what i have for now. if i find any more important information ill make sure to post it

Ok first of all, lets talk about how this is kinda funny George Crum- potato chip- thats funny. Ha. Anyways I would have never known who invented some of our every day things.  Sometimes I get bored and I wonder like who ever thought of this? But now I know some of them. Sweet deal Melanie.

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Hey Melanie, did u know that He also invented the metal detector and the photophone. I think, since he invented so many things, that it would be easier if u focused on one or two of his inventions. this is just a suggestion. By the way, Ur doing a great job.

how could you forget the fathers of modern flight?

"Jesse W Reno
Reno invented the first escalator in 1891. The first escalators had a stationary handrail which was later changed to a moveing one."

the good thing about escalators is that they never breakdown. they only temporarily become stairs.

George Pullman - Pullman sleeping railroad cart
John Deere - Steel plow and other agritcultural products
Levi Struass - Jeans
Henry J. Heinz - Ketchup
Charles Goodyear - Vulcanization of rubber

You mentioned Eli Whitney and his cotton gin, but what about the effect his invention caused on slavery.  The cotton gin made the south very rich because it increased cotton productions, but also increased the "need" for slavery.  I know that the south really didn't need slavery, however, the southern planters thought they did to maintain their huge profits.  The slave trade my have been ended, however, that didnt stop slave sellers in the US from auctioning off more and more human flesh.  Slave woman who gave birth to 11 or more children were called "rattlin' good breeders" and their children were sold off as slaves after they turned 10 years old.  Slaves were being used in larger amounts down south... increasing the slavery issue in the US.

Okay, so I didn't know who invented a lot of these things...like Elisha Graves Otis and the elevator brake, if that hadn't been invented then elevators would be very unsafe...and Johan Vaaler inventing the paper clip lol...those are fun to play with when you're bored ;)

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Have you ever been to the Coca-Cola factory in Atlanta?  It is mad fun and you get to try different sodas made by the Coca-Cola company from around the world.  Also, there used to be trace amounts of cocaine in Coca-Cola.

melanie,
John Pemberton
Pemberton was a soldier, pharmacist, and inventor. He invented Coca-Cola in 1886 in Atlanta, Georgia after alcohol consumption was banned from Atlanta. It was named after its main ingredients, coca leaves and kola nuts.
 *is it true that in the early years of coca-cola that this soft drink actually had traces of cocaine in it? Creating an addiction to its consumers is a pretty crafty way to profit.

Thomas Adams- First tried to change chicle into automobile tires, before making it into a chewing gum.
George Edward Alcorn- Invented a new type of x-ray spectrometer.
Andrew Alford- Invented the localizer antenna system for radio navigation systems.
Rani Altschul- Invented the first disposable cell phone.
Virgie Ammons- Invented a fireplace dampening device
Mary Anderson- Patented the windshield wipers in 1905.

Dr. Richard J. Gatling invented the Gatling (machine) gun during the 1860's. the U.S. Government never bought the guns for use in the war because of several mechanical problems it had but Union General Benjamin Butler bought twelve and used them on the petersburg front. Both sides were awestruck at its ability to fire hundreds of rounds in a short period of time.

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Hey Melanie, did u know that He also invented the metal detector and the photophone. I think, since he invented so many things, that it would be easier if u focused on one or two of his inventions. this is just a suggestion. By the way, Ur doing a great job.

who did?

and i don't think anyone caught on to my escaator joke...

Haha, I did! At the Galleria Mall one time the escalator 'temporarily became stairs,' except we couldn't use them, and had to go all the way around to the other end to get back to the top floor...only to walk to the other end to leave the building -.-

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it should have a sign that said "escalator temporally stairs, sorry for the convienience."

by the way, just to be fair i got this joke from mitch hedburg. he died a few years ago from a heroin overdose.....but he was pretty funny. i'd feel bad taking credit for it.

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