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FAMOUS PEOPLE

HVCS -NIKLES FAMOUS PEOPLE

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Fannie Farmer standardized measurement- level teaspoon - wrote cookbooks
John Harvey Kellogg and W.K. Kellogg cornflakes and other dry cereals
Levi Strauss made Levi jeans
Henry Ford invented the assembly line and started Ford Motor Company
Garrett Morgan invented curling iron, cream to straighten hair, stop light, and gas mask
Orville and Wilbur Wright invented the airplane - it flew for less than one minute
Andrew Carnegie monopoly on steel company - gave away money - built 2,500 libraries - the richest man in the world (at that time)
Elisha Graves Otis invented the elevator
John D. Rockefeller monopoly in oil- refineries made grease, kerosene, later gasoline
Jan Matzeliger invented a machine to make shoes quickly and in different sizes
Samuel F.B. Morse invented the telegraph and Morse Code
George Westinghouse invented the air brakes to help stop train cars all at the same time
Granville T. Woods improved the air brakes and put the telegraph on to trains
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone
Thomas Edison invented the electirc light bulb
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