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Elisha Otis
Elisha Invented the first saftey brake for elevators. In 1853 Elisha started the elevator industry. -
Macy’s
The founders of this store are Isidor Straus, and Rowland Hussey Macy. -
Christopher Latham
Christopher invented the Soles and Glidden typewriter. -
John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefellerm was the founder of the Standard Oil Company. -
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie was the inventor of the American Steel Industry. -
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander invented the telephone,twisted pair,graphaphone. Also in 1877 he formed the Bell Teleaphone Company. -
Joel Tiffany
Joel invented the Refrigerator Car Company. -
Gustavis Swift
Gustavis Swift founded a meat-packing empire in the Midwest during the late 19th century. -
F.W. Woolworth
F.W. Woolworth invented the F. W. Woolworth Company. -
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison invented the Incandescent Light Bulb. -
George Eastman
George invents the Kodak Camera and Introduces Rolled Photographic Film. -
Ottmar Mergenthaler
Ottmar Mergenthaler invented the Linotype machine, the first device that could easily and quickly set complete lines of type for use in printing presses. -
Social Darwinism
Social Darwiniam invented "survival to the fittest"
