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Elias Howe
1, Who is the inventor and what about their life impacted their ability to create the invention? **Elias**  **Howe**  was born on July 9, 1819, in Spencer, Massachusetts. He grew up helping out on the family farm and mill. **Elias Howe**  went to school at the local public schools. He attended only through grade school. At 16, Elias became an apprentice (student, learner) in a machinist's shop. His next job was in a cotton factory in Lowell, Massachusetts. He lost that job in 1837. Then, Elias moved to Boston, where he got a job as a machinist. During his free time, he loved to tinker. Elias began to work on his famous invention: a mechanized sewing machine. During his time, people made their clothes using hand. They only used needle and thread. 2, What is the invention and how did i come to be invented? The invention is 'the machanized sewing machine.' Before Elias Howe invented the sewing machine, other people tried to invent it, but they failed. One of them are called Thimonnier. He was from France, and he made the model in 1830, but France people said it made them out of work, so the trailers distroyed his factory, and his sewing machine. Elias Howe invented the sewing machine like this, and he made it this way : While watching his wife sew, Elias came up with an idea. He created a sewing machine powered by a hand crank. His design used thread coming from two sources, one above and one beneath a piece of cloth. The thread from above the cloth was placed through a needle. The one underneath came from a shuttle. The needle, with thread through its eye, pushed one piece of thread through the cloth from above. Underneath, a shuttle put another thread through the loop formed by the thread in the needle. The two pieces formed a "lock stitch." Elias introduced his invention to the public in 1845. People were amazed at its speed. It was able to make 250 stiches per minute.

3, How did the invention affect society at that time? After Elias Howe invented the sewing machine, it made people at that time, and people now to make their clothes faster, without using their hands to make it. It the people at that time make their life more confortable. When Elias Howe showed his invention to the public in 1845, people were amazed because of its speed, and it could mke 250 stiches per minute.

4, Is the invention still used today? Why? How? Modifications? Yes, the sewing machine is still used today, and it is very popular. People still use the sewing machine until now because it helps people to make clothes, without using other machines. Some people still use the sewing machine, but some clothe brands use other machines to make the clothing. The sewing machine that Elias Howe made worked like this. Elias Howe's machine had a needle with an eye at the point. The needle was pushed through the cloth and created a loop on the other side; a shuttle on a track then slipped the second thread through the loop, creating what is called the lockstitch. 5, Could this invention have an impact on the future? Explain. It could, but I think there are more machines that makes clothes, so I think sewing machine will only last a few years, or only some people could use it. I think people will think of better invention for making clothes everyday.

6, Because Elias Howe made a such a useful invention, what happened to him after the invention was showed to the public? For the next nine years Elias Howe struggled, first to make interest in his machine, then to protect his patent from imitators who refused to pay Howe royalties for using his designs. His lockstitch mechanism was sent by others who were developing sewing machines of their own. During this period, Isaac Singer invented the up-and-down motion mechanism, and Allen Wilson developed a rotary hook shuttle. Elias Howe fought a __ legal battle __ against other inventors for his patent rights and won his suit in 1856.

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Hi, My name is Elias Howe. I was born on July 9, 1819, in Spencer, Massachusetts. I'm 48, and I'm a very tired man, so let me introduce some facts about my invention and my life time. Well, I grew up helping out on the family farm and mill. I attended local schools in the winter months, but did not continue my education past the local grade school. At 16, I became an apprentice in a machinist's shop. My next job was in a cotton factory in Lowell, Massachusetts. I lost that job in 1837. Then, I moved to Boston, where I got a job as a machinist. In 1841, I got married, and I was a father of three wonderful children. I was always interested in machines, and being a machinist, it made me think about a machine that could make a better process of sewing. I began to work on my famous invention: the mechanized sewing machine. During the early part of my life, people were very poor, they didn't have enough money to buy clothes (People made their clothes by hand, only using needle and thread. This took very long. So, I came up with a design that used a needle with an eye at its sharp point to push thread through cloth, forming a loop that allowed a threaded arm to move through the loop and pull it tight to create a lock stitch. I created this successful sewing machine in 1845. My wonderful sewing machine was able to make 250 stitches per minute, and people were amazed by its speed. I was very proud of it, but people didn't buy my sewing machine, and it wasn't popular. Before I invented the sewing machine, a French guy named Thimonnier, had invented a similar machine in 1830. Thimonnier's machine was useful to the French people, but it put many people out of work. So the French people destroyed his company, and his sewing machine. I, Elias Howe was the first American to invent the sewing machine. For the next nine years I struggled, first to get people interest in my machine. My lock stitch mechanism was sent by others who were developing sewing machines of their own. During this period, Isaac Singer invented the up-and-down motion mechanism, and Allen Wilson developed a rotary hook shuttle. I was very mad at the because they used my idea, I had a fight with them. I had an unsuccessful marketing plan in the United States. In 1846, I went to England and I sold the British rights for the machine to William Thomas, a large manufacturer of corsets, shoes, and umbrellas. When I return to the U.S, I found out that some manufacturers, including Isaac Singer, had already begun to make and sell sewing machines similar to mine. A five year legal battle started, lasting from 1849 to 1854. The long legal battle proved me the first inventor, of the sewing machine. I died in October 3, 1867. I was only 48 when I died.

Thomas Edison
1) When was Edison born?  Thomas Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio.

<span style="color: rgb(7,8,8);"><span style="color: rgb(8,8,8);"><span style="color: rgb(3,3,3);"><span style="color: rgb(255,0,158);"> 2) Describe what Edison’s education was like. How does Edison’s education compare to your education?   <span style="color: rgb(8,8,8);"><span style="color: rgb(7,8,8);"><span style="color: rgb(8,8,8);"><span style="color: rgb(3,3,3);"><span style="color: rgb(11,9,9);"><span style="color: rgb(255,82,237);"><span style="color: rgb(5,5,5);">Edison went to school for only few months, and he was taught by his mother on reading, writing, and arithmetic .  3) How did Edison spend his free time? <span style="color: rgb(8,8,8);"><span style="color: rgb(7,8,8);"><span style="color: rgb(8,8,8);"><span style="color: rgb(3,3,3);"><span style="color: rgb(11,9,9);"><span style="color: rgb(10,10,10);">Edison spent his free time reading scientific, technical books, and also had an opportunity to learn how to operate a telegraph.

4) What opportunities did Edison have as a telegraph operator?    <span style="color: rgb(8,8,8);"><span style="color: rgb(7,8,8);"><span style="color: rgb(8,8,8);"><span style="color: rgb(3,3,3);"><span style="color: rgb(11,9,9);"><span style="color: rgb(16,15,16);">One of the opportunities that Edison had as a telegraph operator was when it was free time. He learned more about how to operate a telegraph.

5) What was Edison’s first successful invention? <span style="color: rgb(11,9,11);">Edison's first successful invention was called "Universal Stock Printer", and received $40,000 for making it. 6) Edison’s second major invention was the tin foil phonograph. What did it do? <span style="color: rgb(6,4,4);"><span style="color: rgb(6,4,6);">The tin phonograph was the first machine that could record and reproduce sound created sensation.

7) What contributions did Edison make to the electric lighting industry? <span style="color: rgb(9,7,9);">Thomas Edison's contribution to the electric lighting industry was his inventions. He made light bulbs, so people could use it when they need light in dark spaces.

8) What was Edison’s third invention? How can its impact be seen on the world today?   <span style="color: rgb(8,8,8);"><span style="color: rgb(7,8,8);"><span style="color: rgb(8,8,8);"><span style="color: rgb(3,3,3);"><span style="color: rgb(8,8,8);">Edison's third invention was an incandescent lamp with a filament of carbonized sewing thread burned for thirteen and a half hours.

9) Describe one challenge that Edison had to face. <span style="color: rgb(5,5,5);"><span style="color: rgb(12,13,12);">One challenge that Edison had to face was when his wife Mary died in 1884. His business of the electric industry had caused Edison to spend less time in Menlo Park. After Mary's dath, Edison lived in New York City with his three children . 10) What do you think Edison will be remembered for the most? Why? <span style="color: rgb(235,10,211);">I     <span style="color: rgb(224,39,236);"><span style="color: rgb(235,10,211);"> <span style="color: rgb(8,8,8);"><span style="color: rgb(7,8,8);"><span style="color: rgb(8,8,8);"><span style="color: rgb(3,3,3);">think he will be remembered for the most by light bulb, because almost everyone uses it without burning their house, or buildings. We use it when we are working, or we use it for lightening up places.

<span style="color: rgb(8,8,8);"><span style="color: rgb(7,8,8);"><span style="color: rgb(8,8,8);"><span style="color: rgb(3,3,3);">1- How do you think Thomas Edison improved the quality of people’s lives in the 1900’s though technology. <span style="color: rgb(8,8,8);"><span style="color: rgb(7,8,8);"><span style="color: rgb(8,8,8);"><span style="color: rgb(3,3,3);"><span style="color: rgb(229,12,237);"><span style="color: rgb(5,5,5);">I think Thomas Edison improved the quality of people's lives in the 1900's because of his great inventions that helped those days.

2- How have Thomas Edison’s inventions improved the quality of your life today? <span style="color: rgb(40,8,43);"><span style="color: rgb(255,0,139);"><span style="color: rgb(3,3,3);"><span style="color: rgb(8,8,8);"><span style="color: rgb(7,8,8);"><span style="color: rgb(8,8,8);">Thomas Edison's inventions improved the quality of our life today was by inventions. He invented lots of things that is useful, and it is still used now. Like, Light bulb.

Annotated Bibliography
"The history of the Sewing Machine." 15 Jan. 2009 <http://inventors.about.com/od/sstartinventions/a/sewing_machine.htm>. This website gave me infromation about Elias Howe's Sewing machine.

15 Jan. 2009 <http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000261505>. This website gave me information about Elia Howe's birth, and his timeline of his life.