Ben Franklin
Eli Whitney
Alexander Bell
Thomas Edison
Charles Babbage
100
The experiment leading to Benjamin's discovery that lightning is electricity.
What was the lightning experiment?
100
A nail making business.
What business did Eli own when he was 12?
100
The boat is the hydrofoil
What was the name of the boat he made?
100
The light bulb.
What was his most famous invention?
100
The "Difference Machine."
What was Charles Babbage most famous for making?
200
The Franklin Stove
What his was his stove called?
200
Yale
What college did he go to?
200
The telephone
What was his most famous invention?
200
On trains and in his basement.
Where did he do experiments?
200
The computer
What modern invention is Charles Babbage said to be responsible for?
300
2 years
How long did Ben Franklin go to school?
300
It separates the seeds from the cotton.
What does the cotton gin do?
300
The electric probe
What was the name of the invention that could find metal inside human bodies.?
300
Milan, Oh and West orange, NJ
Where was he born and where did he die
300
19 years old
How old was Babbage when he helped found the Analytical Society?
400
1731
What year did he found the first circulating library?
400
Whitney went to Georgia.
What state did Whitney go to to study law?
400
August
What month did he die in?
400
Mina Miller
who was his spouse
400
British
What nationality was he?
500
1762
What year did he invent the odometer?
500
50 slaves.
How many slaves did the cotton gin do enough work for?
500
Boston University
What school was he professor at?
500
he went partly deaf
What happened to him medically when he was 12
500
Eight.
How many decimal places did Babbage's first calculator have?
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