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To the Rescue! Garrett Morgan Underground

2017-01-10 Juvenile Nonfiction
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Release : 2017-01-10
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Book Synopsis To the Rescue! Garrett Morgan Underground by : Monica Kulling

Download or read book To the Rescue! Garrett Morgan Underground written by Monica Kulling. This book was released on 2017-01-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback. The inspirational story of African-American inventor Garrett Morgan, whose incredible safety hood became the forerunner to the gas mask that saved thousands of soldiers in the trenches of World War I. The son of freed slaves, Garrett Morgan was determined to have a better life than laboring in the Kentucky fields with his parents and ten siblings. He began by sweeping floors in a clothing factory in Cleveland, Ohio, where he decided to invent a stronger belt for sewing machines. When he was promoted to sewing-machine repairman, Garrett was on his way. In 1911, 146 workers died in the shocking Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City, so Garrett decided to invent a safety hood for firefighters. Little did he know that most people wouldn't be interested in buying his safety hood when they discovered its inventor was black. But an explosion that trapped workers in a tunnel under Lake Erie soon changed all that. Garrett's hoods were rushed to the scene and used to rescue as many men as possible. Developed further, Garrett's invention came to save thousands of soldiers from chlorine gas in the trenches of World War I.

To the Rescue!

2016 African American inventors
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Release : 2016
Genre : African American inventors
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Book Rating : 814/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis To the Rescue! by : Monica Kulling

Download or read book To the Rescue! written by Monica Kulling. This book was released on 2016. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shares the inspirational story of African-American inventor Garrett Morgan, whose incredible safety hood became a forerunner to the gas masks that saved thousands of soldiers during World War I.

Garrett Augustus Morgan

2008-04-01 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2008-04-01
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 725/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Garrett Augustus Morgan by : Mary N. Oluonye

Download or read book Garrett Augustus Morgan written by Mary N. Oluonye. This book was released on 2008-04-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of Morgans life, as well as the events occurring during his lifetime that influenced his choices and inventions, thus giving a fuller picture of the man and his times. Section Headings include: Early Life, Growing Up, Moving On, A Changing Country, The Great Migration, First Stop Cincinnati, Then On To Cleveland, Ohio, A Business of His Own, Morgans Safety Hood, The Call, The Traffic Signal, Good Citizen, and Later Years. Patent List, Awards and Citations List, Additional Resources (Books, Websites, Video), Bibliography and Index included.

Clean Sweep! Frank Zamboni's Ice Machine

2016-01-05 Juvenile Nonfiction
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Release : 2016-01-05
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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Book Rating : 978/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Clean Sweep! Frank Zamboni's Ice Machine by : Monica Kulling

Download or read book Clean Sweep! Frank Zamboni's Ice Machine written by Monica Kulling. This book was released on 2016-01-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Frank Zamboni, along with his brother and cousin, opened their own skating rink in 1940 in Paramount, California, it could take an hour and a half for a crew to resurface the ice. They had to level the surface by shaving down the pits and grooves with a tractor, remove the shavings, wash the ice and find a way to give the rink its shining finish. Skaters became exasperated with the wait, so Frank was determined to do something about it. Could he turn a ninety-minute job for five men into a ten-minute task for only one? Working in the shed behind his ice rink, Frank drew designs and built models of machines he hoped would do the job. For nine years, he worked on his invention, each model an improvement on the one before. Finally, in 1949, Frank tested the Model A, which "cleaned the ice in one sweep around the rink." The rest is history.

Fire on the Water

2020-05-12 Comics & Graphic Novels
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Release : 2020-05-12
Genre : Comics & Graphic Novels
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Book Rating : 252/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Fire on the Water by : Scott MacGregor

Download or read book Fire on the Water written by Scott MacGregor. This book was released on 2020-05-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novel based on a true tale of heroism and invention in the tunnels beneath Lake Erie in 1916 This original graphic novel imagines the lives of blue-collar workers involved in the real-life Lake Erie tunnel disaster of 1916 in Cleveland. Author Scott MacGregor and illustrator Gary Dumm tell the intersecting stories of a brilliant African American inventor, Ben Beltran (based on the real-life Garrett Morgan, Sr.), desperate immigrants tunneling beneath Lake Erie, and corrupt overseers who risk countless lives for profit. As historical fiction, Fire on the Water sheds light not only on one of America’s earliest man-made ecological disasters but also on racism and the economic disparity between classes in the Midwest at the turn of the century.

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