Inventions during the Industrial

Revolution
What was the Telegraph?
• Invented in 1844 by
Samuel F.B. Morse
• Allowed
communication over
long distance
• Series of electrical
pulses
• One person on each
side
Morse Code
What was the Transatlantic Cable?
• The telegraph only
went from one town
or city to the next
• Cyrus Field laid a
telegraph wire
under the Atlantic
Ocean in order for
continents to
communicate
• The first attempt
didn’t work
• 1866 finally
achieved success
 Who invented the Telephone?
• 1876
• Alexander Graham
Bell
• “Watson, come
here, I want you!”
• Sped up the Pace
of Business
 Who was Thomas Edison?
• American inventor
known as the Wizard
of Menlo Park
• Developed the light
bulb, the phonograph
(record player), the
motion picture
projector, & the
storage battery
• Built the first power
plant in 1882