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Inventor of the robot turner, and elevator brake, Otis was not only an innovative inventor, but a businessman as well. He is most well known for his inventions that dealt with elevators, and it is where he made most of his money.
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Christopher Sholes invented the current QWERTY keyboard/typewriter layout. He invented this after experimenting with typewriters and after taking notice of a common jamming of keyboards, he decided to attempt to fix the problem.
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Andrew Carnegie led a massive expansion of the steel industry during his life and also believed in helping society through the large ammount of wealth he had incurred through the industry.
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Gustavus Swift founded a huge meat packing business during the industrial revolution. He created the "era of cheap beef' through his invention of the ice-cooled railroad car.
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John Rockefeller dominated the oil industry in his life, but was a philanthropist, much like Andrew Carnegie. He is regarded as one if the richest people in history
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Thomas Edison is an extremely famous inventor. More probably known for inventing the lightbulb, he also invented very many other well known devices like the phonograph and camera.
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Alexander Graham Bell is credited for inventing the very first telephone. Ironically, Bell had a sort of hatred for his invention.
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F.W. (Frank Winfield) Woolworth pioneered the basic methods we would recongise today for going out to buy merchandise. He created the company we know as footlocker today.
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Ottmar Mergenthaler, also known as the second Gutenburg, invented the Linotype machine. This revolutionized priniting.
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George Eastman was an entrepreneur who founded the Eastman Kodak company, more commonly known as Kodak today, which helped to bring photography to the common man.
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Originally R. H. Macy & Co. is a chain of department stores. It was founded by Rowland Hussey Macy, and when the store was first moved to New York City, it made almost $300 in today's money on the first day.
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Social Darwinism is where people believe that the things Charles Darwin mentions when he speaks about topics like natural selection and adaptation should be applied to society.
