Part 22 (2/2)
FULTON, ROBERT Born at Little Britain, Pennsylvania, 1765; went to London, 1786, to study painting under Benja, 1793; returned to America, 1806; first successful trip in steaust 11, 1807; died at New York City, February 24, 1815
WHITNEY, ELI Born at Westborough, Massachusetts, Deceia as teacher and invented cotton-gin, 1792-93; died at New Haven, Connecticut, January 8, 1825
MORSE, SAMUEL FINLEY BREESE Born at Charlestown, Massachusetts, April 27, 1791; graduated at Yale, 1810; studied art under Benjamin West in London, and opened studio in New York City, 1823; first president National Acaderaph, 1832; applied for patent, 1837; first line coton, 1844; died at New York City, April 2, 1872
GOODYEAR, CHARLES Born at New Haven, Connecticut, Decean experiments with rubber, 1834; secured patent, 1844; died at New York City, July 1, 1860
ERICSSON, JOHN Born in parish of Fernebo, Werland, 1826; caine, 1833; applied screw to steaation, 1836-41; invented turreted ironclad Monitor, 1862; died at New York City, March 8, 1889
DAHLGREN, JOHN ADOLPH Born at Philadelphia, Novened to ordnance duty at Washi+ngton, 1847; commander, 1855; rear-ad Civil War; died at Washi+ngton, July 12, 1870
MCCORMICK, CYRUS HALL Born at Walnut Grove, West Virginia, February 15, 1809; invented o, May 13, 1884
HOWE, ELIAS Born at Spencer, Massachusetts, July 9, 1819; invented sewing-machine, 1844; died at Brooklyn, New York, October 3, 1867
CORLISS, GEORGE HENRY Born at Easton, New York, July 2, 1817; invented Corliss engine, 1849; died at Providence, Rhode Island, February 21, 1888
SHOLES, CHRISTOPHER LATHAM Born at Mooresburg, Pennsylvania, February 14, 1819; state senator, Wisconsin, 1848, 1856-58; held many positions of trust in Milwaukee, 1869-78; patented typewriter, 1868
BELL, ALEXANDER GRAHAM Born at Edinburgh, Scotland, March 3, 1847; came to Canada, 1870, and to Boston, 1871; invented telephone, 1876; graphophone, 1883
BRUSH, CHARLES FRANCIS Born at Euclid, Ohio, March 17, 1849; graduated University of Michigan, 1869; invented ; founder Brush Electric Coe, Schoharie County, New York, October 6, 1846; invented rotary engine at age of fifteen; in Union army, 1863-64; invented air brake, 1868; also inventions in railway signals, steaines, turbines, and electric machinery
EDISON, THOMAS ALVA Born at Milan, Ohio, February 11, 1847; established workshop at Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1876; invented raph, aerophone, incandescent electric las
WRIGHT, ORVILLE Born at Dayton, Ohio, 1871
WRIGHT, WILBUR Born at Dayton, Ohio, 1869