Today I Found Out
Who Invented the Elevator? (2015x81)
Fecha de emisión: Jul 20, 2015
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The history of the elevator, if you define it as a platform that can move people and objects up and down, is actually a rather long one. Rudimentary elevators are known to have been in use in ancient Rome as far back as 336 B.C., with the first reference of one built by the talented Archimedes.
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http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/05/history-elevator/
Resources/Further Reading:
http://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/inventions/who-invented-the-elevator.htm
http://inventors.about.com/od/estartinventions/a/Elevator.htmhttp://inventors.about.com/od/estartinventions/a/Elevator.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/otis_hi.html
http://www.theelevatormuseum.org/e/e-2.htmhttp://www.theelevatormuseum.org/e/e-2.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevator
Image Credit (Thank you)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Elisha_OTIS_1854.jpg
http://www.roman-empire.net/articles/pics/gladiators-colosseum/elevator-02.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Louis_XV%3B_Buste.jpg
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/3b/ad/c6/3badc6c0a30269f51e7e6b3ed0014115.jpg
http://www.elevatorrater.com/images/1823.jpg
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/e7/03/4a/e7034a8eab37e25542088338dc0e1aa7.jpg
http://collections.mcny.org/Doc/MNY/Media/TR3/7/2/e/a/MNY324492.jpg
http://elevatorsp5.weebly.com/uploads/1/4/5/3/14537380/4773613.jpg
http://f.hypotheses.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1394/files/2
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