https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/l5rwdxoku6ne en-us 2019-10-07 20:57:03 UTC 2024-06-09 09:14:58 UTC hello@padlet.com 387141 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/l5rwdxoku6ne/wish/394727387 In 1851, McCormick’s reaper won the Gold Medal at the Crystal Palace Exhibition in London. Cyrus McCormick died in 1884 and the company was handed over to his firstborn son, Cyrus Jr.At age of 15 he invented a lightweight cradle for harvesting grain.McCormick’s father was an inventor as well and McCormick based his harvester model on his father’s earlier work and research.Cyrus Hall McCormick, known as “the Father of Agriculture” 
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https://www.famousinventors.org/cyrus-mccormick ]]> 2019-10-07 21:04:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/l5rwdxoku6ne/wish/394727387 387141 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/l5rwdxoku6ne/wish/394729291 Samuel Slater was an English American business man and founder of the American cotton textile industry. He immigrated to the United States in 1789.  he constructed versions of Arkwright’s spinning and carding machinery and established the first successful cotton mill.Slater was an apprentice in England to Jedediah Strutt, Slater gained a thorough knowledge of cotton manufacturing.
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https://www.britannica.com/biography/Samuel-Slater]]> 2019-10-07 21:11:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/l5rwdxoku6ne/wish/394729291 387141 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/l5rwdxoku6ne/wish/394729875 John Deere started working as a blacksmith when he was 17.He used a broken saw blade, polished and sharpened to perfection, to create a plow. John Deere farming equipment won many awards.  Deere, born in 1804, was the son of a Vermont tailor.He was the founder and president of the National Bank of Moline.
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http://mentalfloss.com/article/86579/13-freshly-cut-facts-about-john-deere]]> 2019-10-07 21:13:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/l5rwdxoku6ne/wish/394729875 387141 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/l5rwdxoku6ne/wish/395830073 Oliver Evans pioneered the high-pressure steam engine.In 1784, at the age of 29, he attacked another major industrial production problem, the age-old process of grinding grain. The engine that became associated with his name was an original adaptation of the existing steam engine. Oliver  made more than 100 steam engines that were used with screw presses for processing cotton. Evans’ last great work, completed in 1817, was a 24-horsepower high-pressure engine for a waterwork.
source :  https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oliver-Evans]]> 2019-10-09 19:38:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/l5rwdxoku6ne/wish/395830073 387141 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/l5rwdxoku6ne/wish/395947408 Robert Fulton american inventor, engineer. He also designed a system of inland waterways, a submarine, and a steam warship.Robert Fulton brought steam boating into commercial success. Fulton turned his principal efforts toward canal
engineering. Fulton advanced his ideas with the British government for submersible and low-lying craft that would carry explosives in an attack.

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