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Author: Kathryn Gibbs Davis
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 45
ISBN-13: 0547959222
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamines how the engineer George Ferris invented and constructed the amusement park ride that bears his name for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
Author: Betsy Harvey Kraft
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Published: 2015-10-13
Total Pages: 46
ISBN-13: 1627799125
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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.
Author: Norman D. Anderson
Publisher: Popular Press
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780879725327
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnderson (North Carolina State University) is clearly obsessed with the Ferris Wheel. He describes the conception and construction of the first example--at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893. Imitators and variations are described and illustrated with period photos and patent drawings. An appendix contains 115 pages of patent drawings. A charming, unique book (that will win no graphics awards). Paper edition (unseen), $29.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Jenna Glatzer
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
Published: 2015-08
Total Pages: 33
ISBN-13: 1479571652
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Discusses George Ferris' invention of the Ferris Wheel and the man behind it, including the idea, the obstacles, and the eventual success"--
Author: A. G. Smith
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 1992-11-27
Total Pages: 44
ISBN-13: 9780486273402
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDetailed instructions, clearly outlined diagrams help model builders assemble colorful, authentic replica of exciting carnival attraction. Model comes complete with gondolas, passengers, ticket booth and clerk as well as arms and supports for approximately 15"-high revolving wheel. 16 plates. 7 diagrams.
Author: Robert Lawson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2004-10-01
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 0802777058
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEighteen-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.
Author: Valerie Bodden
Publisher: Thrill Rides
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781608181131
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A colorful survey of Ferris wheels, including their cars and other features, descriptions of the ride experience, and a brief history. Famous Ferris wheels such as the London Eye are spotlighted"--
Author: Sara L. Latta
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
Published: 2012-01-01
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780766039643
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Read about George Ferris, and how he invented the ferris wheel"--
Author: Barbara Lowell
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2014-06-26
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 0698181174
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHave 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.
Author: Richard Weingardt
Publisher: Amer Society of Civil Engineers
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 162
ISBN-13: 9780784410103
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the summer of 1893, at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago, an engineering marvel was unveiled and immediately captured the world s attention. It was a towering, web-like giant wheel, standing upright and rotating high above the city. Several stories taller than any existing American building, the Ferris Wheel carried adventure-seeking passengers to the dizzying height of 264 feet and provided panoramic views never before possible. George W. G. Ferris Jr. and his wheel helped usher America eager to identify itself with ingenuity, entrepreneurialism, and innovation into the 20th century. Yet the very wheel that came to define George Ferris in the end consumed him, leaving him ruined. This book is the first full-length biography of George Ferris. He was a civil engineer, an inventor, and a pioneer for his development of structural steel in bridge building. Circles in the Sky chronicles the life of the man responsible for creating, designing, and building the Ferris Wheel, the only structure of its time to rival the Eiffel Tower. It is, at the same time, the story of the Ferris clan, one of the nation s oldest and most fascinating families. The London Eye, erected in 1999 to welcome the new millennium, the Star of Nanchang, and most recently, the Singapore Flyer, have revived our love affair with Ferris wheels. Circles in the Sky will enchant anyone interested in engineering marvels, history, and the Ferris wheel, which reminds us that America was built by dreamers and innovators such as George W. G. Ferris Jr. About the Author Richard G. Weingardt, P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, is a practicing structural engineer with nearly 50 years of experience. He is also a sought-after motivational speaker and an accomplished author of books and articles, including Engineering Legends: Great American Civil Engineers (ASCE Press, 2005) and regular columns in Structural Engineer and ASCE s Journal of Leadership and Management in Engineering.
