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social darwinism
the theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals. -
Elisha Otis
Invented first elevator safety brake -
gustavus Swift
founder of a meat packaging company. -
Christopher Sholes
Invented the typewriter. -
Alexander Graham Bell
Invented the first telephone. -
Joel Tiffany
Invented the dish washer and the refrigerated railcar company. -
F.W. Woolworth
Invented the turbojet engine. -
Thomas Edison
Succesfully tested and patented the first practical electric light bulb. Humphrey Davy invented the first light bulb but it was not practical. -
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of Standard oil company -
George Eastman
Invented the roll film and the camera. -
Andrew Carnegie
was a major investor in the steel industry -
Macy's
Isidor Straus and Rowland Hussey Macy founded the store Macy's -
Ottmar Mergenthaler
Invented the Linotype for printing newspapers.
