From 1878 to 1879, Edison helped create lighting for indoor locations and also created sources of light through the conversion of fire to electricity. Although Edison was not the first person to create the light bulb, he remains credited for his effort and tweaks on the invention. However, Edison’s impact was his ability to make the light bulb last longer and making it become a part of America’s society. Edison helped cause the American Industrial Revolution from 1870 to 1914 by allowing many Americans to have easy access to light by allowing consumers to buy his product. The invention of the light bulb helped garner the attention of various companies to purchase and sell the lightbulb, as well.
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From 1870 to 1914, Einstein did not invent a product that helped cause the Second Industrial Revolution. Instead, Einstein’s theories in physics and mathematics helped form the Industrial Revolution in the United States. In 1905, Einstein wrote and published five papers on three different sections of Physics. He focused on the atomic nature of matter, his theory of relativity, and the Quantum Revolution. In particular, Einstein’s theories of relativity helped cause the Industrial Revolution because he helped inventors and future innovators in America learn and find new ways of looking at time, space, matter, energy, and gravity. Einstein did not impact any industries at the time. However, he helped inspire inventors and scientists to create companies, schools, and businesses based on inventing and researching about time, space, matter, energy, and gravity, for the not so distant future.
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Curie helped impact the Second Industrial Revolution by discovering two new chemical elements--radium and polonium--during 1898. Curie’s discovery of radium and polonium helped add two new elements to the Periodic Table, and her findings helped inspire and influence scientists and researchers to study her work. She also led out the first research on the radiation treatment of tumors. Curie helped form the Second Industrial Revolution by making discoveries for the medical field that could potentially help civilians with their medical needs.
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President Teddy Roosevelt helped impact the industrialization of America because of his decision to build the Panama Canal from 1903 to 1914, which made a huge impact on American society. Roosevelt’s proclamation on building the Panama Canal established the shipping of goods of American and British businessmen to be shipped faster and cheaper between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
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On December 17, 1903, the Wright Brothers helped cause the Second Industrial Revolution through their ambitions and inquisitive minds to create the first airplane that was manually controlled in the air. The Wright Brothers helped change the way people traveled and got from place to place. The Wright Brothers opened new doors by helping create flying businesses to help people do business much faster. Without the Wright Brothers, people would still be traveling in two dimensions going north, south, east, and west with no advancements for transportation in the sky.
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Nikola Tesla helped cause the Second Industrial Revolution by inventing the alternating current, or the AC, in 1888. Tesla’s alternating current (AC) contributed to engaging the construction of a special generation, which can produce high-frequency alternating currents with a significant amount of voltage while simultaneously having a low-intensity current. Tesla’s ability to create a non-hazardous current due to its high frequency shows his impact on the Second Industrial Revolution because his invention rapidly became the basis for most modern electricity distribution systems. Besides Tesla’s invention on the alternating current, Tesla helped in the development of generators, as well as the development of turbine designs, and he accomplished the demonstration of fluorescent lighting.
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Graham Bell helped cause the Second Industrial Revolution because of his invention of the very first telephone in 1876. The first phone helped impact the American society because it became an all-purpose tool that was used at home, work, and school. Bell made the telephone affordable by reducing the phone’s material expenses. His invention and cost deduction of the telephone established an increase in wealth and job opportunities, and it helped change the way people communicated. Bell revolutionized America from 1870 to 1914 by exposing the phone throughout American society in order to help create jobs for the American people and allowing a new form of communication.
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