https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/o83pijz2jtvn Made with wonder en-us 2019-10-07 20:57:01 UTC 2024-03-20 05:49:05 UTC hello@padlet.com 377872 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/o83pijz2jtvn/wish/394726431 He was born in January 19,1813 in Charlton United Kingdom He died in March 15th, 1898 in London United Kingdom. The Bessemer Process was an extremely important invention because it helped made stronger rails for constructing the railroads and helped to make stronger metal machines and innovative architectural structures like skyscrapers.  He was an inventor and engineer who developed the first process for manufacturing steel inexpensively (1856), leading to the development of the Bessemer converter. He was knighted in 1879.The invention from which Bessemer made his first fortune was a series of six steam-powered machines for making bronze powder, used in the manufacture of gold paint. As he relates in his autobiography.The Nuremberg powder, which was made by hand, retailed in London.


SOURCE;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Bessemer

]]> 2019-10-07 21:01:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/o83pijz2jtvn/wish/394726431 377872 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/o83pijz2jtvn/wish/394753981 He was born on February 7, 1804 Rutland, VT He died on May 17, 1886 Moline, IL. His first wife was, Demarius Lamb, died in 1865. Two years later he married her younger sister, Lucinda Lamb.Facing a tough business environment, in 1837, a 33-year-old Deere packed up and headed west, eventually settling in Grand Detour, Illinois. As a blacksmith, Deere found himself making the same repairs to plows again and again, and realized that the wood and cast-iron plow used in the eastern United States—designed for its light, sandy soil—was not up to the task of breaking through the thick, heavy soils of prairieland.

SOURCE; https://www.biography.com/inventor/john-deere


]]> 2019-10-07 22:54:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/o83pijz2jtvn/wish/394753981 377872 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/o83pijz2jtvn/wish/394755864 He was born on July 9, 1819 in Spencer MA, He died on October 3,1867 in Brooklyn NY. Elias Howe Biography. Inventor Elias Howe patented his plans for the first practical sewing machine in 1846, and successfully sued Isaac Singer for the rights in 1854. Elias Howe patented the first ever lockstitch sewing machine in the world in 1846. His invention helped the mass production of sewing machines and clothing. That in turn revolutionized the sewing industry and freed women from some of the drudgery of daily life at the time.He almost beggared himself before he discovered where the eye of the needle of the sewing machine should be located.

SOURCE; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Howe]]> 2019-10-07 23:04:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/o83pijz2jtvn/wish/394755864 377872 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/o83pijz2jtvn/wish/394756668 He was born on November 14, 1765 in Pennsylvania He died on February 24, 1815 in NY. American engineer and inventor Robert Fulton is best known for developing the first successful commercial steamboat, the North River Steamboat (later known as the Clermont) which carried passengers between New York City and Albany, New York. Fulton also designed the world's first steam warship.Best known for his development of the first commercially successful steamboat in 1807, Fulton also made important contributions in portrait painting, canal engineering, and naval warfare. Born in Pennsylvania, he lived most of his adult life in Europe.In 1807, that steamboat took passengers from New York City to Albany and back again, a round trip of 300 miles, in 62 hours.

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]]> 2019-10-07 23:08:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/o83pijz2jtvn/wish/394756668 377872 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/o83pijz2jtvn/wish/394757659 He was born on November 25, 1835 in Dunfermline United Kingdom He died on August 11, 1919 in Lenox MA. While working for the railroad, Carnegie began making investments. He made many wise choices and found that his investments, especially those in oil, brought in substantial returns. ... His business, which became known as the Carnegie Steel Company, revolutionized steel production in the United States.Over the next few decades, he created a steel empire, maximizing profits and minimizing inefficiencies through ownership of factories, raw materials and transportation infrastructure involved in steel-making. In 1892, his primary holdings were consolidated to form Carnegie Steel Company.

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