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Book Synopsis The Man Who Invented the Ferris Wheel by : Dani Sneed
Download or read book The Man Who Invented the Ferris Wheel written by Dani Sneed and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. was an American engineer. He graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY, where he was a member of the Rensselaer Society of Engineers, in the class of 1881 with a degree in Civil Engineering. He was made a member of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Alumni Hall of Fame in 1998. He is most famous for creating the original Ferris Wheel for the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition.
Book Synopsis The Man Who Invented the Ferris Wheel by : Dani Sneed
Download or read book The Man Who Invented the Ferris Wheel written by Dani Sneed and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. was an American engineer. He graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY, where he was a member of the Rensselaer Society of Engineers, in the class of 1881 with a degree in Civil Engineering. He was made a member of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Alumni Hall of Fame in 1998. He is most famous for creating the original Ferris Wheel for the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition.
Book Synopsis Mr. Ferris and His Wheel by : Kathryn Gibbs Davis
Download or read book Mr. Ferris and His Wheel written by Kathryn Gibbs Davis and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2014 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines how the engineer George Ferris invented and constructed the amusement park ride that bears his name for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
Book Synopsis The Fantastic Ferris Wheel by : Betsy Harvey Kraft
Download or read book The Fantastic Ferris Wheel written by Betsy Harvey Kraft and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2015-10-13 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The World's Fair in Chicago, 1893, was to be a spectacular event: architects, musicians, artists, and inventors worked on special exhibits to display the glories of their countries. But the Fair's planners wanted something really special, something on the scale of the Eiffel Tower, which had been constructed for France's fair three years earlier. At last, engineer George Ferris had an idea-a crazy, unrealistic, gigantic idea. He would construct a twenty-six-story tall observation wheel. The planners didn't think it could be done. They called it a "monstrosity." It wouldn't be safe. But George fought for his design. Finally, in December 1892, with only four months to go until the fair, George was given permission to build his wheel. He had to fight the tight schedule, bad weather, and general disapproval. Against all odds, the Ferris Wheel turned out to be the talk of the Fair, and proof that dreaming big dreams could pay off. Today, George's Ferris Wheel is an icon of adventure and amusement throughout the world.
Book Synopsis George Ferris, what a Wheel! by : Barbara Lowell
Download or read book George Ferris, what a Wheel! written by Barbara Lowell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A portrait of the engineer who invented the Ferris wheel describes the ambitious ideas that inspired him to build the largest wheel in the world for the Chicago World's Fair in 1893.
Download or read book Ferris Wheel! written by Dani Sneed and published by Enslow Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the ridicule he received for his concept of this ride and the many obstacles he faced to complete his plans, inventor George Ferris succeeded in doing what many thought impossible and successfully presented the first Ferris wheel to amazed tourists at the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893.
Book Synopsis The Fantastic Ferris Wheel by : Betsy Harvey Kraft
Download or read book The Fantastic Ferris Wheel written by Betsy Harvey Kraft and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-10-13 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The story of George Ferris, inventor of the iconic Ferris Wheel"--
Book Synopsis Circles in the Sky by : Richard Weingardt
Download or read book Circles in the Sky written by Richard Weingardt and published by Amer Society of Civil Engineers. This book was released on 2009 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the summer of 1893, at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago, an engineering marvel was unveiled and immediately captured the world s attention. It was a towering, web-like giant wheel, standing upright and rotating high above the city. Several stories taller than any existing American building, the Ferris Wheel carried adventure-seeking passengers to the dizzying height of 264 feet and provided panoramic views never before possible. George W. G. Ferris Jr. and his wheel helped usher America eager to identify itself with ingenuity, entrepreneurialism, and innovation into the 20th century. Yet the very wheel that came to define George Ferris in the end consumed him, leaving him ruined. This book is the first full-length biography of George Ferris. He was a civil engineer, an inventor, and a pioneer for his development of structural steel in bridge building. Circles in the Sky chronicles the life of the man responsible for creating, designing, and building the Ferris Wheel, the only structure of its time to rival the Eiffel Tower. It is, at the same time, the story of the Ferris clan, one of the nation s oldest and most fascinating families. The London Eye, erected in 1999 to welcome the new millennium, the Star of Nanchang, and most recently, the Singapore Flyer, have revived our love affair with Ferris wheels. Circles in the Sky will enchant anyone interested in engineering marvels, history, and the Ferris wheel, which reminds us that America was built by dreamers and innovators such as George W. G. Ferris Jr. About the Author Richard G. Weingardt, P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, is a practicing structural engineer with nearly 50 years of experience. He is also a sought-after motivational speaker and an accomplished author of books and articles, including Engineering Legends: Great American Civil Engineers (ASCE Press, 2005) and regular columns in Structural Engineer and ASCE s Journal of Leadership and Management in Engineering.
Book Synopsis Ferris Wheels by : Norman D. Anderson
Download or read book Ferris Wheels written by Norman D. Anderson and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anderson (North Carolina State University) is clearly obsessed with the Ferris Wheel. He describes the conception and construction of the first example--at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893. Imitators and variations are described and illustrated with period photos and patent drawings. An appendix contains 115 pages of patent drawings. A charming, unique book (that will win no graphics awards). Paper edition (unseen), $29.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Synopsis George Ferris' Grand Idea by : Jenna Glatzer
Download or read book George Ferris' Grand Idea written by Jenna Glatzer and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2015-08 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Discusses George Ferris' invention of the Ferris Wheel and the man behind it, including the idea, the obstacles, and the eventual success"--
Download or read book The Crayon Man written by Natascha Biebow and published by HMH Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 2019 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrating the inventor of the Crayola crayon! This gloriously illustrated picture book biography tells the inspiring story of Edwin Binney, the inventor of one of the world's most beloved toys. A perfect fit among favorites like The Day the Crayons QuitandBalloons Over Broadway. purple mountains' majesty, mauvelous, jungle green, razzmatazz... What child doesn't love to hold a crayon in their hands? But children didn't always have such magical boxes of crayons. Before Edwin Binney set out to change things, children couldn't really even draw in color. Here's the true story of an inventor who so loved nature's vibrant colors that he found a way to bring the outside world to children - in a bright green box for only a nickel! With experimentation, and a special knack for listening, Edwin Binney and his dynamic team at Crayola created one of the world's most enduring, best-loved childhood toys - empowering children to dream in COLOR!
Book Synopsis The Century World's Fair Book for Boys and Girls by : Tudor Jenks
Download or read book The Century World's Fair Book for Boys and Girls written by Tudor Jenks and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A humorous fictional account of a visit to the World's Columbian exposition illustrated with actual photographs and sketches of the buildings, exhibits, and fairgrounds.
Book Synopsis The Man Who Invented the Laser by : Edwin Brit Wyckoff
Download or read book The Man Who Invented the Laser written by Edwin Brit Wyckoff and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maiman was a graduate of the University of Colorado, which awarded him a B.S. in engineering physics in 1949. Later, he received his Ph.D. in physics in 1955 from Stanford University and began work at the Hughes Research Laboratory (HRL). There he concentrated on creating a device capable of converting mixed frequency electromagnetic radiation into highly amplified and coherent light of discrete frequency. Maiman later found that the accepted calculations of the fluorescence quantum efficiency of ruby were wrong and that the material could be used for his research. His persistence with ruby eventually paid off, for on May 16, 1960, the device he built using it became the world's first operable laser.
Book Synopsis George Ferris' Grand Idea by : Jenna Glatzer
Download or read book George Ferris' Grand Idea written by Jenna Glatzer and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2015-08 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Discusses George Ferris' invention of the Ferris Wheel and the man behind it, including the idea, the obstacles, and the eventual success"--
Book Synopsis It Happened at the Fair by : Deeanne Gist
Download or read book It Happened at the Fair written by Deeanne Gist and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cullen McNamara gambles everything to display his latest invention at the Chicago World's Fair, but in order to communicate with potential buyers over the noise, he hires Della Wentworth to teach him to lip-read.
Download or read book To Space and Back written by Sally Ride and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 1989-08-18 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much has been written about the vast scientific importance of space exploration, but very little about the human side of being a member of an astronaut crew. In this book, with the help of journalist Susan Okie, Sally Ride shares the personal experience of traveling into space.America's first woman astronaut answers questions most frequently asked about a journey through space.
Book Synopsis The Rise and Fall of George Ferris by : Jeff Geissler
Download or read book The Rise and Fall of George Ferris written by Jeff Geissler and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-13 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Ferris Jr. designed and built the first steel Ferris Wheel made to carry passengers; it was erected in Jackson Park, Illinois. The park was a desert of sand and stagnant pools that would be transformed by dedicated and talented architects and engineers into the greatest and largest fair the world had ever known. It would outshine the Paris Expo and be the perfect icon of American ingenuity, led by the Ferris Wheel.