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Chistipher Sholes
Christipher Invented the Sholes and Glidden typewriter. -
Gustavis Swift
Swift literally changed the way food was distributed by inventing the railroad car ice-cooler. Since Swift was involved in the meat-packing industry, -
Macy’s
that small, fancy dry goods store that opened on the corner of 14th Street and 6th Avenue in New York City in 1858 would grow to be one of the largest department store retailers in the world.He adopted a red star as his symbol of success, dating back to his days as a sailor. -
Elish Otis
Elisha otis invented the elevator. -
Ottmar Mergenthaler
Ottmar Mergenthaler was a German-born inventor who has been called a second Gutenberg because of his invention of the Linotype machine, the first device that could easily and quickly set complete lines of type for use in printing presses. -
John D. Rockefeller
He was the founder of the Standard Oil Company, which dominated the oil industry and was the first great U.S. business trust. -
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell Invented the telaphone , the graphaphone , and a twisted pair. -
Joel Tiffany
Joel Tiffany Invented the railroad car. -
F.W. Woolworth
F.W. Woolworth was a retail company that was one of the original pioneers, and arguably the most successful American and international five-and-dime stores, setting trends and creating the modern retail model which stores follow today, worldwide. -
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison invented the light bulb and many other great things. -
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century. -
George Eastman
George Eastman invented roll film. -
Social Darwinism (Herbert Spencer)
he became the first to apply Darwinian principles rigorously to society, a concept now known as Social Darwinism.
‘survival of the fittest’.
