https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/am9zgp7cou2y Made with mirth en-us 2019-10-08 20:50:12 UTC 2026-02-20 18:03:42 UTC hello@padlet.com 8190801 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/am9zgp7cou2y/wish/395308881 Alexander Graham Bell is a scientist from Scotland, most known for inventing the telephone. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on March 3, 1847. He had two brothers, both of whom died of tuberculosis. During his youth, Alexander was inspired influenced by his hometown, which was famous for its culture of art and science. At 16, Alexander joined his father, working with the deaf. After studying the human voice for years, he began working on an invention known as harmonic telegraph. While working on this device, he started to wonder about sending the human voice through wires. After years of hard work, on March 10, 1876, Alexander made his first phone call.

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]]> 2019-10-08 20:52:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/am9zgp7cou2y/wish/395308881 8190801 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/am9zgp7cou2y/wish/395804340 Andrew Carnegie is a Scottish born entrepreneur, most known for his role in manufacturing and advancing steel usage and productivity. He was born on November, 25 1835 in  Dunfermline, Scotland. After moving to the United States, he worked a series of railroad jobs. While working for the railroad, Carnegie began making investments. By 1889 he owned Carnegie Steel Corporation, the largest of its kind in the world. In 1901 he sold his business and dedicated his time to expanding his philanthropic work, including the establishment of Carnegie-Mellon University in 1904. He died on August 11, 1919, Lenox Ma. He was the third wealthiest mad of the modern period, with a net worth of 372 billion dollars in current value.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Carnegie]]> 2019-10-09 18:55:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/am9zgp7cou2y/wish/395804340 8190801 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/am9zgp7cou2y/wish/395975208 Elias Howe is an American inventor, most known for patenting the first practical sewing machine. Howe was born on July 9, 1819, in Spencer, MA. In 1846 Elias Howe patented the first practical sewing machine. It attracted little attention, and he moved to England to perfect it. When he returned the next year, he found that a man named I.M. Singer was making and selling his sewing machine. Howe sued him and won, establishing his patent rights in 1854, and his invention revolutionized the garment industry. He died on October 3, 1867 in Brooklyn, New York. 

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]]> 2019-10-10 06:10:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/am9zgp7cou2y/wish/395975208 8190801 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/am9zgp7cou2y/wish/395976579 John Deere is an American inventor, most known for his creation and developments of agricultural machines. He was born on February 7, 1804, in Rutland, VT. Deere determined that the wood and cast-iron plow in use at the time was problematic to the challenges presented by the soil, so after some experimentation he crafted a new kind of plow and sold his first one in 1838. He had devised 10 improved plows by the following year, and 40 more the year after that. By 1857, his annual output of plows was 10,000. By 1868, Deere and his partners incorporated, founding Deere & Company. By 2012, the company's worth had climbed to more than $40 billion. Deere died on May 17, 1886. 

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]]> 2019-10-10 06:16:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/am9zgp7cou2y/wish/395976579 8190801 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/am9zgp7cou2y/wish/395977732 Samuel Slater was an English businessman, most known for founding the American textile industry. He was born on June 9, 1768 in Belper, Derbyshire. He immigrated to the United States in 1789, met the requirements there for workers skilled in the
manufacturing of cotton. He was forced to keep his knowledge and skills a secret from authorities, however, because at the time emigration of textile workers and the export of drawings of textile machinery were forbidden by British law. With his detailed knowledge of textile machinery, financial backing from the Rhode Island firm of Almy and Brown, and the assistance of skilled artisans, he constructed versions of Arkwright’s spinning and carding machinery and established the first successful cotton mill in the United States. He then established a number of other plants in New England and founded the town of Slatersville, Rhode Island.]]> 2019-10-10 06:22:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/am9zgp7cou2y/wish/395977732