Author: Kathryn Gibbs Davis Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 0547959222 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 45
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Examines how the engineer George Ferris invented and constructed the amusement park ride that bears his name for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
Author: Barbara Lowell Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0698181174 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 36
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Have you ever ridden a Ferris wheel? You go up, up, up and can see for miles! But when the inventor of the Ferris wheel, George Ferris, first pitched the idea, everyone thought he was crazy. A 250-foot bicycle wheel that goes around and around and carries people in train cars? Can't be done, they said. But George proved them wrong. Read about how George's hard work, courage, and imagination created one of the most famous fair rides today. George Ferris, What a Wheel covers the concepts Imagination and Problem Solving.
Author: Betsy Harvey Kraft Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR) ISBN: 1627799125 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 46
Book Description
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.
Author: Jenna Glatzer Publisher: Capstone Classroom ISBN: 1479571652 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 33
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"Discusses George Ferris' invention of the Ferris Wheel and the man behind it, including the idea, the obstacles, and the eventual success"--
Author: Monica Kulling Publisher: ISBN: 9781484496831 Category : Languages : en Pages : 48
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This fascinating Step 3 History Reader describes the invention of the first Ferris wheel--an engineering marvel. The 1893 World's Fair organizers wanted something big to draw people to Chicago . . . something that would rival the Eiffel Tower.
Author: Robert Lawson Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN: 0802777058 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 194
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Eighteen-year-old Conn leaves Ireland and sails to America, where he helps build the first Ferris wheel for the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.
Author: Jeff Geissler Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 106
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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.
Author: Kathryn Gibbs Davis
Author: Barbara Lowell
Author: Betsy Harvey Kraft
Author: Harry Castlemon
Author: Jenna Glatzer
Author: Sara L. Latta
Author: Monica Kulling
Author: Harry Castlemon
Author: Robert Lawson
Author: Jeff Geissler