6 Flashcards
Imagination
Thinking of ways to do something
Persistence
Not giving up
Curiosity
Wanting to know more about something
Eli Whitney
Invented the cotton grin. He also invented interchangeable parts.
James Watt
Introduced unit of measurement called horse power
Samuel Applegate
Invented the cork alarm clock
Lewis Waterman
Invented the fountain pen
Cyrus McCormick
Invented the reaper and made lots of money and used it for the Lord’s work.
George Washington Carver
Invented hundreds of ways to use peanuts and sweet potato
Jan Matzeliger
Invented the shoe lasting machine
Christopher Sholes
Built 50 typewriters before he got one to work perfectly
Elias Howe
Invented the sewing machine
Thomas Edison
Invented the electric light bulb and phonograph
How does a inventer qualify for a patient
The invention must work and be a new idea
Optimist
Someone who looks at the bright side