Wood, Wire, Wings: Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane
To Emma Lilian Todd problems were like gusts of wind they set her mind soaring Sometimes the problems seemed small like where to find metal to craft her inventions Solution she saved tin cans from her supper But soon Lilian's challenges ballooned
Lilian grew up in a time when it seemed like everyone was tinkering 1886 Josephine Garis Cochrane patents the dishwasher early model on right é caci 1870 Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone 1850 The first mass produced watches are developed by American Watch Co. early watch on right 1868 Christopher Latham Sholes Samuel Soulé and Carlos Glidden invent the typewriter early model on left
1901 Guglielmo Marconi sends the first radio transmission across the Atlantic 1879 Incandescent light bulb is patented by Thomas Edison early light bulb on right 1851 Isaac Singer patents a practical sewing machine with many more to follow early model on left 1870 Pneumatic subway is built by Alfred Ely Beach in New York
