Going Up!: Elisha Otis's Trip to the Top
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In 1818, seven-year-old Elisha was fascinated by farm machinery. As a young man, he tried a variety of ways to make a living, but nothing fired his imagination more than the job he found in a bed-frame factory. Soon he invented a machine that made frames four times faster than ever before. In 1852, while overseeing the construction of a new factory, he had to find a way to move heavy ma... More
Book Information
Publisher | Tundra Books Inc |
Binding | Paperback (2 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 32 |
ISBN-10 | 1770495169 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1770495166 |
Publication Date | 04/08/2014 |
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About Dick King-Smith (Illustrator) : Dick King-Smith (born 27 March 1922, March Bitton, Gloucestershire, England) is a prolific English children's author, best known for writing The Sheep-Pig, retitled in the US as Babe the Gallant Pig, ... more
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