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Elisha Otis
Elisha Graves Otis was an American founder of the Otis Elevator Company, and inventor of a safety device that prevents elevators from falling if the hoisting cable fails. -
Joel Tiffany
Tiffany achieved prominence as an outspoken advocate of abolition, culminating in his book, A Treatise on the Unconstitutionality of American Slavery, published in 1849. -
Christopher Sholes
American inventor who invented the first practical typewriter and the QWERTY keyboard still in use today. -
thomas edison
Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. -
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone. -
F.W. Woolworth
Frank Winfield Woolworth was the founder of F. W. Woolworth Company, an operator of discount stores that priced merchandise at five and ten cents. -
George Eastman
George Eastman was an American innovator and entrepreneur who founded the Eastman Kodak Company and popularized the use of roll film, helping to bring photography to the mainstream. -
social Drwinism
The theory that persons, groups, and races are subject to the same laws of
natural selection as Charles Darwin had perceived in plants and animals in
nature. -
john d rockefeller
was an American
industrialist and philanthropist. He was the founder of the Standard Oil Company, -
gustavis swift
founded a meat-
packing empire in the Midwest during the late 19th century, -
ottmar mergenthaler
Died Oct 28 1899. Machine for
Producing Printing Bars -
andrew carnegie
Andrew Carnegie, the self-made steel tycoon and
philanthropist who donations expanded the New York Public Library system.
