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=Thomas Edison= 1) When was Edison born? Thomas Alva Edison was born on February 11, 1847, Milan, Ohio. 2) Describe what Edison’s education was like. How does Edison’s education compare to your education? Edison had very little formal education as a child and only went to school for a few months. 3) How did Edison spend his free time? Edison spent a lot of his free time reading scientific, and technical books. 4) What opportunities did Edison have as a telegraph operator? Edison's opportunities were to learn how to operate a telegraph. 5) What was Edison’s first successful invention? Edison's first successful invention was the stock ticker. 6) Edison’s second major invention was the tin foil phonograph. What did it do? The tin foil phonograph produced messages and sound. 7) What contributions did Edison make to the electric lighting industry? Edison made the light bulb practical, safe, and economical. 8) What was Edison’s third invention? How can its impact be seen on the world today? Motion pictures. It lets us watch movies and stuff. 9) Describe one challenge that Edison had to face. One of the challenges that Edison had face to face was to find a better storage battery for use in electric vehicles. 10) What do you think Edison will be remembered for the most? Why? The Motion pictures, because it lets everybody able to go see a movie on a rainy day and no one can say that they don't like going to the movies. 1- How do you think Thomas Edison improved the quality of people’s lives in the 1900’s though technology. He let people listen to messages and music. 2- How have Thomas Edison’s inventions improved the quality of your life today? He invented things that other people made better and they really make are life enjoyable [|http://inventors.about.com/od/estartinventors/a/Edison_Bio.ht.]

=**Garrett Morgan**=


 * 1) 1.Who is the inventor and what about their life impacted their ability to create the invention?

My inventor is Garrett Morgan. He created the gas mask because he heard of troubles with an underground explosion under Lake Erie with 32 civilians trapped there on July 25, 1916. He invented the gas mask and then the 32 people were saved. He had a bad childhood so he wanted a better life as an adult. He got inspired and worked very hard to invent things that he found were necessary to improve lives and safety.

Garrett Morgans first design of the gas mask.
 * 1) 2.What is the invention and how did it come to be invented. Gas mask, an Invention that allows the ability to breath where gas, smoke or other fumes exist. At the time of the invention firemen, diver, and miners needed gas masks dearly because they needed breathable air. Chemical warfare also started in 1915 so gas masks could be used to prevent breathing in poisonous gases.

The invention affected the society at the time because if he did not invent the gas mask at that time some of his towns employees would have died in the under ground mining explosion. Also it helped the U.S army in world war 1, The firemen used the gas mask to go into fires and save the witness.
 * 3: How did the invention affect society at that time?

Yes, the invention is still used today for mostly the same reasons as they did back then. Mostly, the S.W.A.T or army use the gas mask and i am sure that there have been some modifications on the gas mask like the look and the fabric.
 * 4: Is the invention still used today? Why? How? Modifications?

Yes, i believe this devise could impact on the future because you could but them in buildings and if there was a fire it could be modified to suck up the smoke in the building and stairway so it is easier to escape. Also if there was a world war three it would definitely be useful.
 * 5: Could this invention have an impact on the future? Explain.

The gas mask changed Garrett Morgans life by wealth, Fame and be Remembered. It also had him find love and happiness.
 * 6: How did the Gas mask change Garrett Morgans life?

Garrett Augustus Morgan was born on March 4, 1877, in Paris, Kentucky. He went to school at the Kentucky elementary school but spent most of his time on his parents farm. His parents were former slaves. When he was a teenager he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, Where he hired personal tutors and worked different jobs to support himself. In 1895, Morgan moved to Cleveland, Ohio. He was a sewing machine repairman. In 12 years he made enough money to start his own tailor shop and a few other small businesses. Morgan was always interested by inventions.His tailoring company was equipped with machines that he personally invented. During the 1910s and 1920s, Morgan continued to invent new items. In 1916, he patented his version of the gas mask. Most of his inventions were for safety in the streets and in the work places. The gas mask was used in world war 1. Morgan died on August 27, 1963. A gas mask is a mask worn over the face to protect the person wearing it from inhaling deadly and toxic gases. The mask covers over nose and mouth, but may also cover the eyes and other important features of the face. It was a simple device, consisting of a cotton hood with two hoses which hung down to the floor, allowing the wearer to breathe the safer air found there. In addition, moist sponges were inserted at the end of the hoses in order to better filter the air. Garrett A. Morgan, Sr. died on July 27, 1963, at the age of 86, and is buried at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio.

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My speech
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, I must say that you are all looking very nice today. You are probably wondering who I am, Therefore, I shall tell you. I am Garrett Augustus Morgan and I am the inventor of the Gas Mask. I was born on March 4th, 1877, in Paris, Kentucky. I am known as a gentle and devoted family man who enjoys the outdoors and am a model of self-discipline.

As a child I had a fine education at Kentucky elementary school, but most of the time I was helping my Ma and Pa in the crop farm. I went to an all-black school but I only finished the fifth grade and at the age of 14, I decided to leave home and move north. When I became of age, with very little money, but with determination and hope, I moved to Cincinnati, Ohio and hired personal tutors and worked many different jobs to support myself. I think it was around 1895 when I moved to Cleveland, Ohio. I believe that my first actual job was a sewing machine repairman. 11 to 12 years later I made enough money to start my own Tailor shop.

In 1907, I was lucky enough to open my own sewing machine shop. The store was very successful, and it made me good money. I next opened a tailor shop, where my workers and I made clothes. While working in the tailor shop one night, I created another product. I accidentally used a cloth made of curly pony fur to wipe polish off my hands. Several hours later, I noticed that the fur was straight. I was very excited by my newest discovery. I just knew that the polish could be used as a hair straightner. He used it on his neighbor's wiry-haired dog, and it straightened the dog's hair. I then thought “what the heck” I’ll try it on my own hair, and it straightened that, too. Soon I had another moneymaking business on my hands. Then I was able to buy a house and get married to Mary Anne, in 1908. We had three great sons, John, Garrett Jr., and Cosmo.

I have always been interested in inventions and I still am. It was around the 1920's when I patented the Gas Mask. If you don't know what a gas mask is ill tell ya, a gas mask is a mask worn over the face to protect the person wearing it from breathing in deadly and toxic gases. My mask also saved the lives of thousands of soldiers during World War I. The German army used poison gasses against us American soldiers and our allies. Thanks to my invention, those soldiers' lives were saved. Now a days that’s not very much but back in my days it was! I can’t remember what I spent it on of course but I remember my ma and pas look on there face when I showed them. Unfortunately I died on July 27, 1963, at the age of 86, and i am buried at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio

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