Chapter 6 Flashcards
Optimist
Someone who looks on the bright side.
Example: Jan Matzeliger
How does an inventor qualify for a patent?
The invention must work and be a new idea.
Pessimist
Someone who sees the bad instead of the good side of things
example: James Watt
Persistence
Not giving up
Imagination
Thinking of new ways to do things
Curiosity
Wanting to know more about something
Eli Whitney
Invented cotton gin and interchangeable parts
James Watt
Introduced unit of measurement called horsepower
Samual Applegate
Invented the cork alarm clock
Lewis Waterman
Invented the fountain pen
Cyrus McCormick
Invented the reaper; made lots of money and used it for the Lord’s work.
George Washington Carver
Invented hundreds of ways to use the peanut 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.