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| Invented the telephone in 1876 with the help of Thomas Watson. He provided the ideas. |
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| Provided the "hands" for Alexander Graham Bell |
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| The greatest inventor America ever produced. He invented the incandescent light bulb,electric generators,the storage battery,the phonograph,motion picture machines and many others |
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| Found 118 different ways to use sweet potatoes and over 300 ways to use peanuts. He transformed agricultural practices in the south |
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| invented the Kodak camera |
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| pioneered the design of suspension bridges |
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| produced the first practical commercial typewriter. He came up with the QWERTY system. |
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| built the wainwright building which is considered the first mondern american skyscraper |
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| built the safety elevator and his sons built Otis Brother and Company the largest elevator company in the world |
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| the worlds first great builder of public libraries. his steel company became the largest manufacturer of steel in the world. |
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| developed an inexpensive method of turning iron ore into steel |
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| formed the standard oil company of ohio became the wealthiest man in America |
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| started the Union Oil Company of California which became the largest independent oil company on the West Coast |
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| Where the Central Pacific and Union Pacific met completing the first trancontinental railroad |
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| First modern American Skyscraper |
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| John Hopkins Medical School |
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| Where the idea of extensive medical research began |
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| The frist interracial hospital in the United States |
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| One who risks personal loss to develop and market a new product |
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| Where Thamas Alva Edison invented |
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| The study and growing of plants |
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| Largest manufacturer of steel in the world |
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| Giving away of large sums of money to needy individuals and charities |
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