https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/s8n055jn5l0h Made with a little mischief en-us 2019-10-07 21:00:03 UTC 2025-12-23 17:04:43 UTC hello@padlet.com 3876331 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/s8n055jn5l0h/wish/395831923 Alexander was a revolutionary inventor that was born on March 3 1847 in Edinburgh Scotland. Bell attended Edinburgh University although he was mainly self taught and family trained. After Bell met Thomas Watson who helped him develop an apparatus for transmitting sound by electricity. On April 6, 1875 he received a patent for the multiple telegraph which sent 2 signals at a time. On march 7, 1976 he received the patent number 174,565 for the telephone. He died on August 2, 1922.

Source: https://www.invent.org/inductees/alexander-graham-bell]]> 2019-10-09 19:41:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/s8n055jn5l0h/wish/395831923 3876331 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/s8n055jn5l0h/wish/395832924 Elias Howe was born on July 9, 1819 in Spencer, Massachusetts. Howe spend his childhood and early adult years in a textile factory. After the mill closings due to the panic of 1873 he moved to Cambridge Massachusetts to work as a mechanic. Although Howe didn't come up with the sewing machine he was the first person to receive a patent for it. his sewing machine had very revolutionary features we still see in sewing machines today. He died on October 3, 1867 in Brooklyn, Jew York

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Howe]]> 2019-10-09 19:43:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/s8n055jn5l0h/wish/395832924 3876331 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/s8n055jn5l0h/wish/395833847 Samuel Slater was born on June 9, 1768. Slater is known as the "the Father of  The American Industrial Revolution". Slater Introduced the factory system. In the UK he was known as Slater the traitor for bringing British textile technology to America.  Slater died on April 21, 1835.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Slater]]> 2019-10-09 19:45:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/s8n055jn5l0h/wish/395833847 3876331 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/s8n055jn5l0h/wish/395836545 Oliver Evans was an American Inventor, Engineer, and businessman born in Delaware on September 13, 1755. He was one of the first people Americans to experiment with steam engines .Evans was the most influential inventor in the early years of the United Sates. Evans Designed the first high pressure steam engine and the first amphibious vehicle. Evans died on April 15, 1819 in New York City.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Evans]]> 2019-10-09 19:50:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/s8n055jn5l0h/wish/395836545 3876331 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/s8n055jn5l0h/wish/395836686 Robert Fulton was born on November 14, 1765. Fulton had been widely credited with developing the first steamboat. His First steamboat was named North River Steamboat. In 1807 that steamboat went down the Hudson River with passengers from New York City to Albany. The Voyage lasted 62 hours and was a success. Fulton died on February 24, 1765. 

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