Vocab
A very tall building
skyscraper
A French chemist, this man discovered that heat could kill bacteria that otherwise spoiled liquids including milk, wine, and beer.
Louis Pasteur
to store something so it can be used later
preserve
A scientist who invented a way to preserve blood and started the American Red Cross Blood program
Charles Drew
a liquid made from the dead or weakened germs of a disease
vaccine
Alexander Graham Bell
small room that can be raised or lowered to carry people and things from one floor to another in a building
elevator
In 1884, he built the first skyscraper in Chicago that was 10 stories high
William LeBaron Jenney
something that has been made for the first time
invention
He invented brakes for the elevators
Elisha Otis
known as the "home of the skyscraper"
Chicago
He was an American inventor best known for inventing the electric light bulb
Thomas Edison
A process of heating food to a temperature that is high enough to kill most harmful bacteria
pasteurization
He built a steel mill empire: US STEEL
Andrew Carnegie