Man Who Invented the Ferris Wheel: The Genius of George Ferris

Contributor(s): Sneed, Dani (Author)

ISBN: 9781464402067

Publisher: Enslow Publishing

Binding Types:

Paperback

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Pub Date: July 16, 2013

Dewey: B

Lexile Code: 0790

Target Age Group: 08 to 10

Physical Info: 0.20" H x 8.80" L x 7.20" W ( 0.55 lbs) 48 pages

BISAC Categories:

Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography and Autobiography | Science and Technology

Series: Genius Inventors and Their Great Ideas

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000162474 ( Man Who Invented the Ferris Wheel: The Genius of George Ferris)

Reading level: 4.70

Interest level: MG

Point value: 0.5

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Description: George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. was an American engineer. He graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY, where he was a member of the Rensselaer Society of Engineers, in the class of 1881 with a degree in Civil Engineering. He was made a member of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Alumni Hall of Fame in 1998. He is most famous for creating the original Ferris Wheel for the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition.

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