https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/da0w70sh9gq Made with whimsy en-us 2019-10-08 20:49:45 UTC 2025-09-26 03:58:02 UTC hello@padlet.com 819020 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/da0w70sh9gq/wish/395309542 Elias Howe was an American inventor best known for his creation of the modern sewing machine. At first it attracted little attention, so he moved to Boston to perfect it for use with leather and similar materials. When he returned someone else was selling their sewing machine. He then established his patents rights in 1854, and his invention revolutionized the clothing industry. This invention allowed women to make clothes faster and easier.]]> 2019-10-08 20:54:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/da0w70sh9gq/wish/395309542 819020 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/da0w70sh9gq/wish/395313027 Christopher Sholes was an American inventor known for his creation of the QWERTY keyboard. He is also known for being one of the people who invented the typewriter. Before he invented the keyboard, he and another printer invented a machine that consecutively numbered railway tickets and bank notes. In 1830  William Burt created the first typing machine, fifty more people invented or re-invented machines before Sholes began to work in late 1867. Once Sholes totaled his receipts from the typewriter for the periods of 1872 to 1882, it came to more than 25,000$.
https://biography.yourdictionary.com/christopher-latham-sholes]]> 2019-10-08 21:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/da0w70sh9gq/wish/395313027 819020 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/da0w70sh9gq/wish/395805191 Samuel Slater was born in England. Samuel was an English-American industrialist known as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution" and the "Father of the American Factory System." He immigrated to the United States in 1789. He established the first successful cotton mill in the United States. In the UK he was called "Slater the Traitor" because he brought British textile technology to America, modifying it for the United States use.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Samuel-Slater]]> 2019-10-09 18:56:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/da0w70sh9gq/wish/395805191 819020 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/da0w70sh9gq/wish/395810719 Cyrus was an American inventor and businessman. He founded the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, which later became part of the International Harvest Company in 1902. Originally from the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia, he and his family members became prominent residents of Chicago. He had 7 children. He also invented the mechanical reaper.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_McCormick]]> 2019-10-09 19:07:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/da0w70sh9gq/wish/395810719 819020 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/da0w70sh9gq/wish/395813525 John was an American Blacksmith and manufacturer who founded Deere and Company. It was one of the largest and leading agricultural and construction equipment manufacturers in the world. Deere moved to Illinois and invented the first commercially successful steel plow in 1837. By 1841, Deere was manufacturing 75-100 plows per year. By 1855, Deere's factory sold more than 10,000 plows, it became known as "The Plow That Broke The Plains". 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Deere_(inventor)

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