forming the U.S Steel Corporation. U.S Steel Co. was the first billion dollar corporation. Other companies he was involved with consist of companies such as General Electric and Western Union Telegraph Company. J.P Morgan merged many companies such as Edison General Electric and Thomson-Houston Electric Co. to make General Electric. He also merged Consolidated Steel and Wire Co.‚ and Carnegie Steel Company‚ along with other iron businesses to make the U.S Steel Corporation. J.P Morgan’s companies were
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verbally abused by my father as far as I can remember until I left home at the age of eighteen”‚ Lionel Messi “I used to serve tea at a shop to support my football training”‚ Nelson Mandela‚ “I was in prison for 27 years”. Did you know that during Thomas Edison’s early years he was told that he was too imprudent to learn anything‚ he was fired from his first two jobs for not being productive enough‚ even as an inventor he made 1000 unsuccessful attempts to make the light bulb? All of these people
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Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3‚ 1847 in Edinburgh‚ Scotland. Working through numerous experiments in sound and advancing his father’s work on Visible Speech for deaf people Bell acquired his education.To continue his study about the human voice he opened a workshop. He also did important work in communication for the deaf. Throughout his life he held more than 18 patents. Bell was one of the primary inventors of the telephone. Through many years of experimentation with sound waves he created
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evolution and growth does not happen by accident‚ it is the result of visionary leadership – a quality that has existed within GE for a century. Founded by one of this country’s greatest innovators‚ General Electric has embodied the vision of Thomas Edison since its inception. The company has dabbled‚ innovated and revolutionized a number of industries throughout its existence. This truth is a testament to the men that have lead the organization throughout the years. (see past leaders – attached)
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General Electric or GE is a multifarious technology and financial services company; operating through energy‚ technology infrastructure‚ capital finance‚ as well as‚ consumer and industrial. The company was instituted in 1892‚ via the merger of Edison Electric Company and Thompson-Houston Electric Company. It has stomached the economic roller coaster for more than one hundred-thirty
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The development of a society that relied on free enterprise and innovation led to new inventions and increasingly efficient businesses. These changes helped make the United States one of the world’s strongest economies and industrial centers. From Thomas Edison’s light bulb to Henry Ford’s affordable automobiles to Frederick Taylor’s time-study analysis‚ US innovations influenced business‚ industry‚ and technology in the United States throughout the 1900s and into the present. How does the business
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Benjamin Franklin was an amazing man‚ he is known as our founding father‚ but why do we see him as such an amazing person? Today I will explain why Benjamin Franklin is such an important person and how he has truly changed the course of history. Franklin did many amazing things in his life. He was an avid inventor‚ a scientist‚ and a leader. He invented many things such as the Franklin stove‚ and bifocals. As a scientist‚ he discovered that lightning conducts electricity‚ and as a leader he helped
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The telegraph changed how people communicated across long distances. Before this invention‚ people used drumbeats and smoke signals to provide information to other nearby villages. Weather and distance made it difficult to communicate. Someone could read the symbols by looking through a telescope. People needed a better method to communicate and this is where the telegraph comes in. The person who invented the telegraph was Samuel Morse. He was born in Charlestown‚ Massachusetts on April 27‚
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Train industry was one of the most important industries in the modern human culture since it was a very useful way to transport goods and people‚ which was the concern of many scientists in the last 2000 years. Matthew Murray and George Stephenson made great contributions in the train industry. Matthew invented the first steam powered locomotive train while George came up with the idea of coal transporting trains. Old trains were depending on steam for power. In 1829‚ the Rocket was the first steam
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Have you ever stopped and wondered how tall buildings are able to be stable? What strong material helps them stand tall and strong? Many buildings and structures we have these days could not have been possible if it wasn’t for Henry Bessemer. Today we can see that big countries‚ especially cities‚ are heavily influenced on tall skyscrapers. Structures and many architectures were stronger and lasted longer when Henry Bessemer developed the first process for manufacturing steel inexpensively. But how
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