Sam Dodge´s Innovators and Inventions

By Sam Dodge

  • John Wesley Hyatt

    John Wesley Hyatt
    Inventors and Inventions from 1851-1900 John Wesley Hyatt is probably one of the least known famous innovators of his time. He's credited with inventing Celluloid, one of the first types of plastic ever. He created it in New York, on April 6, 1869. His invention was created as a substitute for the elephant ivory used in pool balls. This was made possible by him combining his money with brothers, which they used to fund their experiments.

  • Elijah McCoy

    Elijah McCoy
    Inventors and Inventions from 1851-1900 Elijah McCoy was a revolutionary innovator in his time. One of his best inventions was the Steam Engine Lubricator, which he invented in Detroit, Michigan, on the 12th of July, 1872. Since he had been a mechanical engineer apprentice, and worked for the Michigan Central Railroad, he had background knowledge of how much time and energy it took to lubricate steam engines, since you had to turn it off.

  • Elijah McCoy Continued

    Inventors and Inventions from 1851-1900 Therefore, he used new technology to create a machine that lubricated steam engines without having to shut them down. This saved much time and effort in transportation and in industrial production.

  • Fountain Pen

    Fountain Pen
    Inventors and Inventions from 1851-1900 The Fountain Pen was invented by American inventer Lewis E. Waterman in the year of 1884. He used new technology such as capillary action to control the flow of the ink, and an iridium-plated gold nib that wouldn't be dissolved by the ink in the pen, to revolutionize the way people wrote. Before, people had to dip a pen in an ink reservoir every few words.

  • Game of Basketball

    Game of Basketball
    Inventors and Inventions from 1851-1900 The game of basketball was invented by James Naismith on December 21, 1891, in Springfield, Massachusetts. The thought came to him when he needed to create a game for his students to play during the winter. He used knowledge of other sports he knew, and used parts of those games to create the layout and rules of the game.This greatly expanding the range of winter sports in the United States.