3. James Maxwell
• Scottish
• Regarded as scientific genius
• Made contributions to the fields of physics
and astronomy
• Albert Einstein built on the foundations laid by
Maxwell
13. Internal Combustion Engine
• Produced its power inside the engine
• Powered by gasoline or diesel
• Europeans developed the first automobiles
14. Flight
• Wilbur and Orville Wright built the first
successful airplane
• First flight was on December 17, 1903
15.
16. Telegraph
• Send messages over wire lines using a code
developed by Samuel Morse.
• Cable was laid across the Atlantic Ocean so
could now send messages around the world
Greates contribution was combining the sciences of electricity, magnetism, and optics into one model
Spontaneous generation – life is generated from non-living materials
Theory struck at the very foundation of the emerging theory of evolution
How could a goo God design and sustain a world filled with pain and suffering?
God had little or nothing to do with the creation or maintaining of this world…death of his 10 year old daughter seemed to prove it
Excluded God and the Bible as a reliable source of information
Unlike the steam engine that received its power from outside the engine
Henry Ford made the car an essential part of mobility in American and around the world
Tele (far) and graphein (to write)
Demands could be made and responses could be sent in the heat of the moment. Not all the consequences were positive
