Ms' Wilsons Fourth Grade Class

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Inventors

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• Ms. Wilsons Fourth Grade Class
• 2006-2007

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Wilbur Wright
Apirl16,1867-May30,1912

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He invent the airplane.
He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1975.
Wilbur and his brother made the first airplane
that was able to fly.
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Wilbur was born in Millville,Indiana .He opened a
shop with his brother. They sold, repaired and
manufactured bicycles. Income from the shop
supported them during the early years of their
aeronautical experiments.
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William P. Lear
June 2, 1902- May 14,1978
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RADIO APPARATUS CAR RADIO
HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE HALL FAME IN 1993.
This invention helped people so when in their
cars they could listen to music or the weather.
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William P. Lear was born in Hannibal,Missouri.
At the age of 16 he joined the Navy.
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Walt Disney
Born December 5,1901 Died December15,1966
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Disney made Donald Duck,Mickey Mouse,Minnie
Mouse,Daisy Duck,Goofy,and Pluto. They are known
around the world. A show that used to be on T.V
was the Mickey Mouse Club.
Walt Disney invented the Multiplane Camera.
He was inducted into the hall of fame in 2000.
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Walt Disney was raised on a humble farmland. He
had a lot of creativity and imagination. Disney
created many characters such as Mickey Mouse.
Mickey was in the first sound cartoon -Steamboat
Willie. Other movies include Pinocchio, Fantasia,
Dumbo,and Bambi. The first park was Disneyland,
California.
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Ernst F.W. Alexanderson
Born Jan. 25, 1878 Died May 14, 1975
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High-Frequency Alternator Radio
Before the invention of his alternator, radio was
an affair of dots and dashes transmitted by
inefficient crashing spark machines. After two
years of experimentation, Alexanderson finally
built a two- kilowatt, 100,000-cycle machine. It
was installed in the Fessenden station at Brant
Rock, Massachusetts, on Christmas Eve, 1906.
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During his 46-year job with G.E., Swedish-born
Alexanderson became the company's most prolific
inventor, getting a total of 332 patents.
Alexanderson's name also will be recorded in
history for his Pioneer efforts in T.V. And the
transmission of pictures.
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John Deere
1804-1886
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The plow that Deere made with his partner was
really successful that is why they sell a
thousand a year. Deere then sold his interest in
the Grand Detour and organized a plow company in
Moline,Illinois. In 1855 he was selling more
than 13,000 plows a year
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John Deere was born in Rutland,Vermont. John
served a blacksmith as an apprentice until 1837.
He didn't need to do the trade anymore because
he moved to Grand Detour,Illinois.
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George Carver
1864 - 1943
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• George Carver invented products using peanuts.
• He was inducted in the hall of fame in 1990.
• Many of the peanuts were used to feed livestock.
• At Tuskegee, Carver developed his crop rotation
  method.

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• George Carver was a slave. George Carver lived
  in Dimona Grove, Missouri.
• Carvers nickname was the plant doctor.
• George Carver went to school Newton County.
• George Carver was born during the civil war.

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William Burroughs
1857-1897
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Adding and Listing Machine
The adding and listing machine helped people by
making adding easier. That is how the adding
and listing machine made lives easier.
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He was born in Rochester, New York. William
began his career as a bank clerk. He moved
from poor health. Burroughs began work on his
mechanical accounting desire. A shop
owner,Joseph Boyer gave him a spot at Burroughs
Adding Machine Company. He returned due to poor
health. By 1898, more than 1000 machines had
been sold.
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George De Mastral
Born June 19,1907- Died February 8, 1990
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Velcro

Inducted in 1999
Velcro helped people because it made things stay
together. It is used on clothes,sporting
equipment,and many more things we use today.
Velcro is especially used in NASA space programs.
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In 1955,George patented VELCRO hookloop
fasteners ,an easy way to fasten fabrics. The
velvet hooks came from the French words velour
and crochet.
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Velcro is used for many things such as sports
equipment and a lot of shoes.
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Joseph Begun
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Invention Electromagnetic How it helpedYou
could listen to yourself or some one to remind
yourself.
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Bio
Joseph Begun was born in Danzig, Germany. He
graduated collage in 1929. He made the first
recorder in 1929.
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Matthias Baldwin

BornNov 10,1795 DiedSept 7,1886
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He invented the Steam Locomotive
His full-scale locomotive, Old irons sides was
the first locomotive to carry passengers. He
invented a series of improvements including a
high pressure steam engine that was much more
powerful than prior engines.
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He was born in Elizabeth town,New Jersey. He
began his career as a printer. He invented an
improved process for printing calico.
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James J. Wynne

March 19,1943 to present
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He invented the ultra violet surgical and dental
procedures. Inducted into hall of
fame2002 IMPACT This surgery helped to not
kill tissue around your teeth or body part unlike
laser surgery.
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Bio
James J. Wynne got into Hardvard University. He
joined IBM when he was 30 or 40.
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Arthur Schawlow
Born May 5,1921- Died April 28,1999
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Laser
Inducted into the Hall of Fame in1996. Today
the laser is prevalent in many areas, including
the medical, defense and communications
fields.
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He was the co-inventor of the laser. Arthur
worked with Charles H. Townes, who was awarded
into the Hall of Fame in 1976. Arthur became
professor of Physics at Stanford University. He
received the Nobel prize for physics.
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Charles Martin Hall
born,December,6 1863 died,December,27 1914
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He invented aluminum.
He was inducted into the hall of fame in 1976.
Martin founded an industry that contributed to
others.Particularly to the manufacturing of an
aircraft.
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Charles Martin lives in Ohio.In 1890 Martin had
become company to vice president.Martin had
become a generous benefactor.
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Orville Wright

Born August 19,1871 Died January 30,1948
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Orville Wright invented the first Airplane. The
impact was that people could now travel much
faster.
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INVENTOR BIOGRAPHY
Orville Wright was born in Dayton, Ohio, on
August 19, 1871. Him and his brother both were
sons of a bishop of a church. In 1983, the
brothers opened a shop for sale repairs and
manufacture of bicycles. When he was a child he
still was interested in mechanics. After reading
about the subject seriously, he soon had all the
knowledge of aeronautics. Once Orville did, his
brother and him invented the first Airplane. They
were proud of their invention, and it was a huge
impact. He was inducted into the Hall Of Fame in
1976. And soon, he died. He died on August 30th,
1948.
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Charles Goodyear
Born- December 29,1800 Died- July 1, 1860
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INVENTED- Automobile Tires
He was inducted into the hall of fame in 1976.
He discovered vulcanization strengthened rubber.
He was a good inventor. He helped us by making
tires on cars stiffer to drive.
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Goodyear was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He
entered a hardware business with his father.
Goodyear put his talents to a commercial. In
1836 Goodyear developed a nitric acid treatment.
Goodyear was claimable to profit financially from
his discovery. He was able to establish his
rights legally. He died a poor man.
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Douglas Engelbart
Born January 30, 1925
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Computer Mouse
I think Douglass idea for the computer mouse was
very helpful. He should make more inventions for
the computer.

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Douglas was born and grew up by Portland,Oregon.
He used to be in the navy as a man who worked
with electronics during World War II. After
working for Neysas Ames research laboratory he
got a PH D from the University of California.
Then he joined the research institute.
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Raymond.v Damadian
Born-1936 died-present
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IMPACT
His M.R.I produced imaged of the interior of the
body far more detailed than was possible . With
x-ray services such as cat scanner .Since the
devices approval in 1984 by the food and
drug administration hundreds have been put to use
in medical institution around the world
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Inventors biography
Raymond .v was born in Forest Hills,New York.
Raymond .V attended the school of music for
eight years, studying the violin . He got B.S
. in mathematics in 1960 . Raymond later served
as fellow in a old school in Washington and as
fellow in biology .
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Igor I Sikosky
May 25,1889 October 26,1972
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Igor was a nice little boy. He wanted to invent
something. So he in invented the MULTI MOTOR
AIRPLANE when he was an adult.
MULTI MOTOR AIRPLANE
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Multi motor Airplane
It helped because we can attack from the air.
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John Sheehan
September 23,1915-March 21 1992
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He invented Penicillin.
He was inducted into the hall of fame in 1995.
This was good because people would not get or get
a disease.
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John was born in Battle Creek, Michigan. John
graduated from Battle Creek College and received
his master's degree in organic chemistry .
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Birdseye Clarence
Born December 9 , 1886 Died October 7 , 1956
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Invented Frozen Food
Clarence improved the nations diet . He also
created a new industry on his preservation
process .
Inducted into the Hall of Fame - 2005
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Birdseye was born in Brooklyn , New York . He
studied at Amherst Collage . He is
credited with increasing the quality of the U.S
diet .
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Christopher Sholes
Born and died February 14 1819.Died February 17
1890
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(Invention) type writing machine- the typewriter
Impact(if any) I think it helps us with
homework and typing on the computer.
Inducted into the hall of fame (date) 2001
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When Sholes was a young teenager,he apprenticed
with a printer. He served two terms as a
Wisconsin senator, another term in the state
assembly.
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Owned by Christopher Sholes