https://padlet.com/rossbt25_/r9q53ikp217cf4lg en-us 2024-01-23 02:50:47 UTC 2024-01-23 04:10:09 UTC hello@padlet.com rossbt25_ https://padlet.com/rossbt25_/r9q53ikp217cf4lg/wish/2857976070 was an American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans in history. He is most well known for founding and operating the Carnegie Steel Company, and was active from 1875 to 1900. 

]]> 2024-01-23 02:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/rossbt25_/r9q53ikp217cf4lg/wish/2857976070 rossbt25_ https://padlet.com/rossbt25_/r9q53ikp217cf4lg/wish/2857989893 was an American business magnate and philanthropist. He was by most definitions the wealthiest American of all time, and the richest person in modern history. Rockefeller founded the Standard Oil Company in 1870. He ran it until 1897 and remained its largest shareholder.]]> 2024-01-23 03:10:40 UTC https://padlet.com/rossbt25_/r9q53ikp217cf4lg/wish/2857989893 rossbt25_ https://padlet.com/rossbt25_/r9q53ikp217cf4lg/wish/2858007740 Cornelius Vanderbilt nicknamed "the Commodore", was an American business magnate who built his wealth in railroads and shipping. After working with his father's business, Vanderbilt worked his way into leadership positions in the inland water trade and invested in the rapidly growing railroad industry, effectively transforming the geography of the United States. He was active from the years 1830 to 1870. ]]> 2024-01-23 03:31:19 UTC https://padlet.com/rossbt25_/r9q53ikp217cf4lg/wish/2858007740 rossbt25_ https://padlet.com/rossbt25_/r9q53ikp217cf4lg/wish/2858017292 was an American financier and investment banker who dominated corporate finance on Wall Street throughout the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. As the head of the banking firm that ultimately became known as J.P. Morgan and Co., he was a driving personal force behind the wave of industrial consolidations in the United States at the turn of the twentieth century.]]> 2024-01-23 03:43:46 UTC https://padlet.com/rossbt25_/r9q53ikp217cf4lg/wish/2858017292 rossbt25_ https://padlet.com/rossbt25_/r9q53ikp217cf4lg/wish/2858022744 was a Scottish-born Canadian-American inventor, scientist and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone. He also co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company(AT&T) in 1885. He was primarily active from the years 1880 to 1910. ]]> 2024-01-23 03:50:41 UTC https://padlet.com/rossbt25_/r9q53ikp217cf4lg/wish/2858022744 rossbt25_ https://padlet.com/rossbt25_/r9q53ikp217cf4lg/wish/2858027412 He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures.These inventions, which include the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and early versions of the electric light bulb, have had a widespread impact on the modern industrialized world. He was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of organized science and teamwork to the process of invention, working with many researchers and employees. He established the first industrial research laboratory.]]> 2024-01-23 03:56:04 UTC https://padlet.com/rossbt25_/r9q53ikp217cf4lg/wish/2858027412 rossbt25_ https://padlet.com/rossbt25_/r9q53ikp217cf4lg/wish/2858031103 was an American inventor who invented the QWERTY keyboard,and, along with Samuel W. Soule, Carlos Gliddenand John Pratt, has been contended to be one of the inventors of the first typewriter in the United States. He was also a newspaper publisher and Wisconsin politician. He was primarily active from 1840 to 1870. ]]> 2024-01-23 04:00:20 UTC https://padlet.com/rossbt25_/r9q53ikp217cf4lg/wish/2858031103 rossbt25_ https://padlet.com/rossbt25_/r9q53ikp217cf4lg/wish/2858033297 The Wright brothers, Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane. They made the first controlled, sustained flight of an engine-powered, heavier-than-air aircraft with the Wright Flyer on December 17, 1903, four miles south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]]> 2024-01-23 04:02:50 UTC https://padlet.com/rossbt25_/r9q53ikp217cf4lg/wish/2858033297 rossbt25_ https://padlet.com/rossbt25_/r9q53ikp217cf4lg/wish/2858037259 was an American industrialist and founder of the Otis Elevator Company. In 1853, he invented a safety device that prevents elevators from falling if the hoisting cable fails. He was mostly active in the 1850s. ]]> 2024-01-23 04:08:01 UTC https://padlet.com/rossbt25_/r9q53ikp217cf4lg/wish/2858037259 rossbt25_ https://padlet.com/rossbt25_/r9q53ikp217cf4lg/wish/2858038935 American entrepreneur who founded the Eastman KodakCompany and helped to bring the photographic use of roll film into the mainstream. After a decade of experiments in photography, he patented and sold a roll film camera, making amateur photography accessible to the general public for the first time. Working as the treasurer and later president of Kodak, he oversaw the expansion of the company and the film industry.]]> 2024-01-23 04:10:09 UTC https://padlet.com/rossbt25_/r9q53ikp217cf4lg/wish/2858038935