Industrialization Padlet by Roxanna Contreras https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/daxnm0addjoi Made with ♥ en-us 2018-10-16 16:13:45 UTC 2024-03-20 05:48:59 UTC hello@padlet.com Elias Howe 379533 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/daxnm0addjoi/wish/293444993 He was born on July 9, 1819 in Spencer MA he died on October 3, 1867 in Brooklyn, NY. He became known as the inventor for the first sewing machine. When he came back to the united staes after going to England in hope for sucess he figured out a man named Issac singer was using the same ideas as him so he decided to take it to court and in 1856 the court ruled in Elias Howe favor  and made him earn millions for his invention.
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]]> 2018-10-16 16:15:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/daxnm0addjoi/wish/293444993 Edwin Drake 379533 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/daxnm0addjoi/wish/293445712 He was born in Green County, New York, in 1819. By the year 1849 he began working as a conductor on the New York and New Haven railroad. He later constructed a large crane to drill for oil and on August 27, 1859 the drill dropped into a crevice at 69 feet. When they pulled it out he noticed oil pooling from the earths surface which made oil be mechanically pumped from the ground.
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 ]]> 2018-10-16 16:16:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/daxnm0addjoi/wish/293445712 George Westinghouse 379533 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/daxnm0addjoi/wish/293445962 He was born on March 12, 1914 he died on October 6, 1846. He served in the Union army and navy during the civil war. His most successful invention was called the "railway frog" which allowed trains to be placed on tracks. In 1868 he developed the air brake that allowed trains to stop in a reliable way.
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]]> 2018-10-16 16:16:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/daxnm0addjoi/wish/293445962 John Deere 379533 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/daxnm0addjoi/wish/293446163 He was born on February 7, 1804 in Rutland, Vermont he died on May 17, 1886. He was an American Blacksmith who founded what is now one of the largest equipment manufactures known as the Deer & Company. He left to England in the year 1808 and was never seen or heard of again. he produced the first plow using a broken saw blade and found that it worked very well wit`h the thick soil. In 1841 he sold 100 plows and realized that he needed to expand his business.
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]]> 2018-10-16 16:16:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/daxnm0addjoi/wish/293446163 Cyrus McCormick 379533 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/daxnm0addjoi/wish/293446339 He was born on February 15, 1809 and died on May 13, 1884. His father invented the first horse drawn crop reaper his father was working on a mechanical reaper when he passed it down to his son. His building in Chicago was burned down during the fire of 1871 so he constructed an even larger building and the idea of overseas shipping. He believed strongly that the South could not be defeated. He contributed to its defeat through his reapers allowing the north to produce food.
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]]> 2018-10-16 16:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/daxnm0addjoi/wish/293446339 379533 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/daxnm0addjoi/wish/293621851 2018-10-16 22:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/daxnm0addjoi/wish/293621851 379533 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/daxnm0addjoi/wish/293623774 2018-10-16 22:29:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/daxnm0addjoi/wish/293623774