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

by Dani Sneed

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0766041360
• ISBN13: 9780766041363
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Enslow Publishing
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.6" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 8 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 5