https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/wkh7qkb9284uk814 en-us 2020-10-20 19:03:08 UTC 2024-03-20 05:49:51 UTC hello@padlet.com 3854072 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/wkh7qkb9284uk814/wish/846344118 Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. He was one of the people who made the telephone. The reason why he decided to make the telephone is because one of his family members was deaf. By age 16, he had joined his father in his work with the deaf and soon assumed full charge of his father’s London operations. When they were visiting America they decided to move there because it was safer.
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https://www.biography.com/inventor/alexander-graham-bell]]> 2020-10-20 19:07:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/wkh7qkb9284uk814/wish/846344118 3854072 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/wkh7qkb9284uk814/wish/846346333 George Westinghouse was born October 6, 1846 in Central Bridge, NY. He was responsible for alternating current for electric power transmission. He  received his first patent in late 1865 for a rotary steam engine and later then he developed the water meter. HIs first major invention was the air brake because he was interested in railroads. Ever since he made the air brake, it was used for many other things like cars. 
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https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Westinghouse]]> 2020-10-20 19:08:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/wkh7qkb9284uk814/wish/846346333 3854072 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/wkh7qkb9284uk814/wish/846347552 John Deere was born on February 7th, 1804 in Rutland, VT.  When we was 17 years old he apprenticed himself and learned the trade of blacksmithing. In 1836 he moved so he could get a fresh start. John made a plow where that was highly polished and properly shaped could scour itself as it cut furrows. In 1848 John and his partner Andrus moved to Illinois where it was cheaper to build the machinery. 
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https://www.deere.com/en/our-company/about-john-deere/past-leaders/john-deere/]]> 2020-10-20 19:08:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/wkh7qkb9284uk814/wish/846347552 3854072 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/wkh7qkb9284uk814/wish/846348755 John D. Rockefeller was born on July 8th, 1839 in Richford, NY. He was the founder of the standard oil company. In the U.S., the oil industry was the first great business. By 1882 Standard Oil had a near monopoly on the oil business in the United States. John built his first oil refinery in 1863 and it became the biggest oil business in two years. 
Source: https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-D-Rockefeller]]> 2020-10-20 19:08:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/wkh7qkb9284uk814/wish/846348755 3854072 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/wkh7qkb9284uk814/wish/846350456 Samuel Slater was born on June 9th, 1768 in Belper, United Kingdom. He was only 14 when he started working in the mills. Samuel was the first person to bring the water powered cotton mill to the U.S. In 1789, he immigrated to the U.S. and he worked there for manufacturing cotton. He had to keep his skills a secret from the authorities because the machernie was forbidden by the British law.
Source: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Samuel-Slater]]> 2020-10-20 19:09:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/wkh7qkb9284uk814/wish/846350456