The VIPS of Industrialization

Thomas Alva Edison

• invented the Phonograph in 1877
• Phonograph- a record player
• many people used his inventions so they weren't bored
• Also invented the battery and motion picture

Cyrus Field

• laid a telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1866
• led to faster communication between America and Europe

Alexander Graham Bell

• he invented the telephone in 1876
• we still use this today to communicate with others

George Westinghouse

• he invented an air-brake system
• used for rail-roads
• began his own electric company called Westinghouse Electric House

Josephine Cochrane

• she invented the automatic dishwasher in 1882
• an Edison company began to supply electricity in New York City