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Chapter 22
Section 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| English scientist; he invented the dynamo--a machine the generated electricity. His invention eventually led to today's electricity generators. | Micheal Faraday |
| American inventor of over 1,000 patents, including the light bulb,; he established a power plant that supplied electricity to parts of New York City. | Thomas Edison |
| A process developed in 1850s that led to faster; cheaper steel production. | Bessemer Process |
| American business leader; he revolutionized factory production through use of the assembly line and popularized the affordable automobile. | Henry Ford |
| American pioneers of aviation; they went from experiments with kites and gliders to piloting the first successful gas-powered airplane flight. | Wilbur and Orville Wright |
| A machine perfected by Samuel F.B Morse in 1832; it pulses of electric current to send messaged across long distances through wires. | Telegraph |
| American artist and inventor; he applied scientists' discoveries of electricity and magnetism to develop the telegraph. | Samuel Morse |
| American inventor and educator; his interest in electrical and mechanical devices to aide people with hearing impairments led to the development and patent of the telephone. | Alexander Graham Bell |
| Italian physicist; he experimented with wireless telegraphy and established communication across the English Channel between France and England. | Guglielmo Marconi |
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