https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/tjogbq0mg9a1 Made with a dash of wit en-us 2019-10-08 18:20:40 UTC 2024-12-16 12:12:39 UTC hello@padlet.com 385784 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/tjogbq0mg9a1/wish/395235994 Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-born inventor, scientist ,and engineer. He was credited with inventing and patenting the first telephone.  Bell was born March 3rd 1847 Edinburgh, Scotland. Bell was also the co-founder of the american telegraph company. Bell studied the human voice and worked in various schools for the deaf. ]]> 2019-10-08 18:25:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/tjogbq0mg9a1/wish/395235994 385784 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/tjogbq0mg9a1/wish/395245004 Elias Howe was best known for his creation of the modern lock stitch sewing machine. Elias was born July 9th 1819.  Howe was not the first to conceive the idea of the  machine. on September 10, 1846, Howe was awarded the first United States patent for the sewing machine. Howe spent his childhood and early adult years in Spencer Massachusetts.]]> 2019-10-08 18:39:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/tjogbq0mg9a1/wish/395245004 385784 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/tjogbq0mg9a1/wish/395757668 Oliver Evans was an american inventor, engineer and businessman. He was born in rural Delaware and later rooted commercially in Philadelphia. He was one of the first Americans building steam engines and an advocate of high pressure steam. At the age of 21 he began work on his first important invention, a machine to make the cards with which wool was brushed preparatory to spinning.]]> 2019-10-09 17:44:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/tjogbq0mg9a1/wish/395757668 385784 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/tjogbq0mg9a1/wish/395889520 Samuel Slater was an early English-American industrialist known as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution".  Slater was called "Slater the Traitor" because he brought British textile technology to America, modifying it for United States use. Slater was born June 9th 1768 Belper, UK. Slater memorized the designs of textile factory machinery as an apprentice in the British industry before migrating to the United States at the age of 21.]]> 2019-10-09 22:55:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/tjogbq0mg9a1/wish/395889520 385784 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/tjogbq0mg9a1/wish/395892528 Cornelius Vanderbilt was an American business magnate who built his wealth in railroads and shipping. Vanderbilt was born on May 27, 1794, on Staten Island, N.Y. Vanderbilt, tottering on the brink of failure, fought back. Vanderbilt lost between $1 million and $2 million and forgot the Erie. He died on Jan. 4, 1877]]> 2019-10-09 23:11:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/tjogbq0mg9a1/wish/395892528