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.
The Fantastic Ferris Wheel
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.
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.
Mr. Ferris and His Wheel
Author: Kathryn Gibbs Davis
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547959222
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
Examines how the engineer George Ferris invented and constructed the amusement park ride that bears his name for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547959222
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
Examines how the engineer George Ferris invented and constructed the amusement park ride that bears his name for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
George Ferris, What a Wheel!
Author: Barbara Lowell
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698181174
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698181174
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
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.
George at the Wheel
Author: Harry Castlemon
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734044731
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: George at the Wheel by Harry Castlemon
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734044731
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: George at the Wheel by Harry Castlemon
George Ferris' Grand Idea
Author: Jenna Glatzer
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
ISBN: 1479571652
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
"Discusses George Ferris' invention of the Ferris Wheel and the man behind it, including the idea, the obstacles, and the eventual success"--
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
ISBN: 1479571652
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
"Discusses George Ferris' invention of the Ferris Wheel and the man behind it, including the idea, the obstacles, and the eventual success"--
The Man Who Invented the Ferris Wheel
Author: Dani Sneed
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 146440206X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book 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.
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 146440206X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book 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.
Sky High
Author: Monica Kulling
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781484496831
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
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.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781484496831
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
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.
George at the Wheel
Author: Harry Castlemon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
George at the Wheel. Or Life in the Pilot-house
Author: Harry Castlemon
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 338542738X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 338542738X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
The Great Wheel
Author: Robert Lawson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0802777058
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0802777058
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
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.