https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/25g7880vbqel Made with a taste for adventure en-us 2019-10-07 16:33:59 UTC 2024-03-20 05:49:11 UTC hello@padlet.com 819217 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/25g7880vbqel/wish/394570799 Thomas Edison was born on  February 11, 1847 in Milan, OH. He died on October 18, 1931 in West Orange, NJ. He is described as America's greatest inventor. This is because he developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. You can wrap this all up and say he is famous for inventing the light bulb.]]> 2019-10-07 16:36:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/25g7880vbqel/wish/394570799 819217 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/25g7880vbqel/wish/394576452 Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh, UK. He died on August 2, 1922 in Beinn, Bhreagh.  Unlike the rest, Bell was a Scottish born inventor. He is credited with inventing and patenting the first practical telephone. Also he co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company in 1885.]]> 2019-10-07 16:44:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/25g7880vbqel/wish/394576452 819217 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/25g7880vbqel/wish/394579152 Christopher Sholes was born on February 14, 1819 in Mooresburg, PA. He died on February 17, 1890 in Milwaukee, WI. Sholes is best known for inventing the QWERTY keyboard. He was also one of the first to invent the typewriter.  Sholes was also very well known for being a newspaper publisher and Wisconsin politician.]]> 2019-10-07 16:48:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/25g7880vbqel/wish/394579152 819217 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/25g7880vbqel/wish/394579519 Elias Howe was born on July 9, 1819 in Spencer, MA.  He died on October 3, 1867 in Brooklyn, NY. Howe is best known for his invention of the modern lockstitch sewing machine. In school he apprenticed as mechanic. His invention helped the mass production of sewing machines and clothing.]]> 2019-10-07 16:49:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/25g7880vbqel/wish/394579519 819217 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/25g7880vbqel/wish/395385726 Eli Whitney was born on December 8, 1765 in Westborough, MA. He died on  December 8, 1765 in New Haven, CT. Whitney is best known for inventing the cotton gin. This was a key invention to the industrial revolution. It also shaped the economy of the Antebellum South.]]> 2019-10-09 02:04:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/25g7880vbqel/wish/395385726