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Elisha Otis
In 1853, Elisha Otis established a company for manufacturing elevators and patented (1861) a steam elevator. -
Rowland Hussey Macy, Sr
invented macys department store -
Christopher Sholes
invented the first practical typewriter -
Social Darwinism
various ideologies that seek to apply biological concepts associated with Darwinism or other evolutionary theories to sociology, economics and politics -
Ottmar Mergenthaler
better model of typwriter -
Thomas Edison
invented the light bulb -
Gustavis Swift
founded a refrigarated railroad car -
Frank Winfield Woolworth
founder of Foot Locker -
Joel Tiffany
ice-cooled car -
George Eastman
developed the handheld camera