Canadian+Inventors+and+Inventions

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There were many inventions in the 1920's, some were pretty nutty. Others were life changing however, as the list below will demonstrate. Try to match the inventions to the inventors (the first answer is 1h...copy your answers in number/letter form). When you're finished watch the video below of the wacky 20's inventions for fun. Mrs. T will try to describe it for those who need it as there is no dialogue.

1. William Stephenson (his invention is the forerunner of the fax machine)  2. Frederick Classens (dentists used his invention)  3. Frederick Banting and Charles Best (their discovery saved millions of lives) 4. Wallace Turnbull (he allowed us to reach new heights)  5. Arthur Sicard (he modelled his invention on the rotating blades in farm machinery)  6. Ted Rogers Sr. (he helped Canadians tune into the world)  7. Frank Morse Robb (his invention copied sound waves electronically)  8. Archie Huntsman (you could say he is the father of Microwave dinners!)  9. TG. Drake, Alan Brown, and Frederick Tisdall (they gave us all a good start in life)  10. J.A. Bombardier (he made winter more fun)

 Invention:  a) quick-frozen foods  b) insulin  c) electronic organ  d) Pablum baby food <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> e) variable-pitch propeller <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> f) portable X-ray machine <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> g) snowmobile <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> h) wire-photo transmitter <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> i) snow-blower <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> j) alternating-current radio

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<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">An Inventive Era
<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Even before 1920, Canadians were known as inventive people. James Naismith invented the game of basketball, and Sandford Fleming organized the world into standard time zones. Reginald Fessenden's wireless radio broadcast showed Canadian leadership in communications technology. In the 1920s and 30s, Canadian inventors continued to come up with new ideas, especially in public health and consumer products.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> Insulin <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">In 1921, Teddy Ryder was six years old and close to death. Teddy had diabetes, a disease that no one knew how to treat at that time. Diabetics cannot produce enough insulin to convert food into energy. Without treatment, victims waste away and die.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> Teddy's mother brought him to Dr. Frederick Banting in Toronto. Banting, along with his graduate student, Charles Best, had found a way to inject insulin into humans. She begged Dr. Banting to treat her son. Luckily for Teddy, Banting agreed.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> A few months later, Teddy returned home with his mother, a much healthier boy. Since then, millions of diabetics have been saved from an early death thanks to Banting and Best. In 1923 Banting won the Nobel Prize in medicine. He and Best generously turned over all rights to their discovery to the university and the Medical Research Council of Canada. Saving lives was reward enough for them.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> Plug-in Radio ===<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Edward "Ted" Rogers always loved radios. In fact, when he was just 13 years old, he won a prize for the best amateur-built radio in Ontario. In 1927, Rogers obtained a patent for the world's first alternating-current radio. Before his invention, home radios were large, expensive pieces of furniture powered by bulky, acid-filled batteries. Rogers's radio did not need a battery - it could be plugged in. That meant radios no longer had to be so big, or so expensive. The same year, he also started the world's first electric radio broadcasting station, CFRB in Toronto. Did You Know? Ted Rogers's son, Ted Junior, went on to establish the Rogers Media empire, which today includes Internet, television, telecommunications, and video rental services. ===

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Snowmobile
<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">In 1934, Armand Bombardier's two-year-old son, Yvon, was very ill and needed a doctor. The nearest hospital was several kilometres away, but the roads were blocked with snow. For years Joseph-Armand had been working on a vehicle that could drive over snow, but when he really needed one, it wasn't ready. A few hours later, the little boy died. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> Yvon's death pushed Bombardier to work even harder on his invention. In 1935 he came up with a new traction system, the sprocket wheel/track. The invention, patented' in 1937, was the result of 10 years of intense work and effort. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> Bombardier's inventions revolutionized winter- transportation, especially in the North. In 1959, he used the same traction system, coupled with a smaller, lighter-weight engine, to create the modern two-passenger "Ski-doo."

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Questions <span style="background-color: #d7d5d5; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> 1. Work in a group to rank the inventions discussed in this section from most to least significant. Compare your list with that of others, and be prepared to defend your choices. <span style="background-color: #d7d5d5; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> 2. Think of some modern technological changes. Which do you think might be most like the change from large battery-powered radios to Ted Rogers's plug-in radio? Explain your choice.