1880-1890



Trevor Grubb (typing)---Haylie hust (research) Student #6-Student #10

**1880 through 1890 **


=**1880 - Roll Film**= Invented by David Houston, roll fim is any type of spool wound photographic film that is protected from white light by a paper backing. As opposed to film before this which was wound and than put into a cartridge, to protect it from light. In 1881 a farmer in cambria, Wisconsin, Peter Houston, invented the first roll film camera. Kodak was the first company to use roll film in their box cameras, in 1888.

=**1885 - Roller Coaster**= I'm sure we all know what a roller coaster is, but just incase we have that one person out there who has no idea what i'm talking about, i'm going to explain it. A roller coaster is a popular amusement ride at theme parks and amusement parks. LaMarcus Adna Thompson patented the very first roller coaster on 1/20/1885. A roller coaster is, in a sence, an elaborate train track. It consists of a track, which could be held up by wooden or steel supports, and a train, which is atleast two "cars" connected together. The world's tallest roller coaster at the moment is the King Da Ka. The King is located at Six Flags in New Jersey. It reaches 128 mph in 3.5 seconds and reaches a height of 456 feet, making it the tallest, and the fastest coaster in the world.

=1870 - Chewing Gum= Is a type of gum traditionally made from chicle, a natural latex product, or synthetic rubber known as polyisbutylene, which is a non-vulcanisable form of the butyl rubber used for inner tubes or to line tubless tires.For reasons of economy and quality, many modern chewing gums use rubber instead of chicle. Chicle is still the base of choice for some regional markets, such as in japan. Evidence has been found that people have been chewing gum ever since 5,000 years ago. They have found gum made of birch bark with tooth prints in it. The ancient greeks chewed mastic gum made from the mastic tree even indians chewed gum. In 1848 John B. Curtis developed and sold the first commercial chewing gum called The State of Maine Pure Spruce Gum. William Semple filled a patent on chewing gum in december of 1869.

=**__Home Appliances__**= =1877 - Toilet Paper= Invented by Zeth Wheeler,In 1877, he had his own company selling rolled wrapping paper. When he didn't get enough sales, he reorganized into the Albany Perforated Wrapping Paper Company and began selling Perforated Toilet Paper ('The Standard') on a roll. It sold in plain brown wrappers and fit conveniently into the American bathroom, which at the time was quite small = = = = =1890 - Electric stoves= Electric stoves first began to appear in 1890, an early model was used as a centerpeice of the first all electric kitchen in new york. Prior to this, stoves were used for strictly heating a house, not for cooking. The first electric ranges had poor temperature controls and cooked slowly compared to the gas-flame ranges, but improvements in their dial mechanisms now allow for faster cooking. = = = = =1876 - Refrigerator= Carl von Linde, German engineer whose invention of a continuous process of liquefying gases in large quantities formed a basis for the modern technology of refrigeration. Refrigeration is chiefly used to store foodstuffs at low temperatures, thus inhibiting the destructive action of bacteria, yeast, and mold.

=__Computer History in the late 1800s__ = =1888 - Kodak was founded= Kodak was founded by George Eastman, George grew up as a highschool dropout taking care of his mother and sisters. According to teachers, he wasn't especially gifted when it came to the school curiculum back then. The name Kodak came from a nickname from his freinds home town North Dakota (NoDak). Also, he and his helper Kathryn E. W. both loved the letter "K" saying "it seems a strong, incisive sort of letter". And then, Kodak was born.

=**1883 - Thomas Edison discovers the Edison effect**= The Edison Effect is the discovery that electric current flows through a vacuum. This is a huge event in history because this discovery led to the production of vacuum tubes, used as light bulbs and in some televisions