-
Macy’s
Macy's was founded by Rowland Hussey Macy. Which was established to serve mill industry employees to dry good stores, but this failed. So MAcy's was moved to New York in 1858 with the name " R.H. Macy & Co.". Macy's is now known worldwide. -
Elisha Otis
Elisha Otis designed the first elevator that could lift and lower people safely. This safety device was invented to prevent the elevator to fall if the hoisting cables failed. In the 19th century elevators were more powered, use to carrying materials for factories, mines, and warehouses. -
John Davison Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller was the founder of the Standard Oil Company, which dominated the oil industries, and was the United States first trust business. It developed over 300 oil- based products from tar to paint to chewing gum. -
Christopher Sholes
Christopher Sholes invented the first practical typewriter., and the qwerty keyboard still used today. The phrase "literary piano" the first model the trio Glidden, Pratt, and Sholes built. The typewriter was black and white, but didnt contain the numbers 0 or 1 because of o and i. -
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie led an expanison of the American steel industries, but then Carnegie sold it to J.P. Morgan. Whixh he created the U.S.Steel Corporation. After that Carnegie focused on being a philanthropy that emphasised world peace and many other things. -
Social Darwinism
Social Darwinism was a belief in late England, Anmerica, and other places that the strondest and fittest should survive, and the weak unfit people should die. Spencer Herbert was the father of this ethical theory, "might make right". Not all Social Darwinism was bad, use of the concept to promote state-runs eugenics program. -
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. Bell hired Thomas Watson for assisstance, Watson accidently plucked one reed to Bells, they both heard overtones. Which led to a "gallows" sound- poered telephone. -
Joel Tiffany
Joel Tiffany invented the railroad refigerator car with the coat of $410.00, but with total tax it cost $600.00. Joel was the president of Hinsdale was the author of the works on law and religion. tiffany's Constitutional law was used in text books in numerous colleges. -
Gustavus Swift
Gustavus Swift was the founder meat-packing empire, and is also credited for the creation of the first practical ice-cooled railroad car. this allowed his company to ship dressed meats all over the country. -
Frank Winfield Woolworth
Frank Winfield Woolworth was the founder of F. W. Woolworth Company (now Foot Locker). This was an operator of discount stores that priced merchandize to 5 to 10 cents. -
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison invented many tings including the commercially practical incandescent light. This development lead to the creation of the electric lighting system. Which sucess was achieved when a incandescent lamp could burn for 13 & 1/2 hours. -
George Eastman
George Eastman was an American entreprenrur who founded "Eastman Kodak Company", that popularized the use of roll film. This helped bring photography to mainstream. Roll film also was the basis to motion picture film. -
Ottmar Mergenthaler
Ottmar Megenthaler invented the Linotype machine, which was the first device that could set complete lines for the use of printing presses. The Mergenthaler Linotype Company formed ast-iron parts on their machines,, they were the only company to do so.