Transcript Inventions and Inventors, Volume 3.: Communications

George Eastman and Kodak
Camera
By Richard Bull
What is it and what does it do?
• Everyone could use the
box camera because it
was small and film could
be stored in it and sent
away to be developed.
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• George Eastman also
invented a better film for
Edison’s movie camera.
Today, Eastman Kodak
corporation continues to
make photographic
equipment that is easy to
use.
How does it work?
• Eastman developed a process
for using “dry plate emulsion.”
This is a method of exposing
and developing film. It allowed
photographers to take a picture
and develop it later.
• “The Kodak no.1 came with a
prefitted roll of film and was an
immediate hit. When the film
was finished, the camera was
return to the Eastman factory,
where the pictures were
developed, and the camera
was returned with a new roll of
film.” (Inventions and Inventors
vol. 3)
Who invented it?
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George Eastman invented the Kodak
Camera.
He was born in Waterville, New York in
1854.
In 1884, he created paper-backed film.
This discovery altered how you take
pictures.
“In 1888 he developed the simple box
camera, called [the] Kodak.”
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He founded the Eastman factory in
Rochester, New York in 1888. The
company made him a very wealthy
man. He gave away some of his
money.
“Among his many bequests were the
Eastman School of Music and the
Eastman School of Medicine and
Dentistry at the University of
Rochester. Eastman died on March
14, 1932, in Rochester.”
What inventions led up to this
invention?
• The daguerreotype was a type
of early camera. Pictures were
taken on glass plates. As soon
as the picture was taken, the
glass plate was dipped in a
chemical solution. Then, the
picture appeared. This process
made only one picture.
• “Daguerreotypes proved a
dead end in . . . photography,
mainly because they were
expensive and unable to
produce copies.” (Inventions
and Inventors vol. 3)
The importance of the invention?
• “The Kodak
revolutionized
photography, making
it a relatively
inexpensive hobby for
millions.” (Inventions
and Inventors vol. 3)
Works Cited
“Eastman, George." Compton's by Britannica.
Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2012. Web.
5 Jan. 2012.
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“George Eastman.” Hall of Fame/Inventor Profile. 2002.
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/48.html
“George Eastman.” Inventor of the Week Archive:
Lemelson-MIT. January 1997.
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/eastman.html
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Danbury: Grolier Educational, 2000. p. 26-29.