A home geography of New York city . number ofmachines for his factory and his home. One invention wouldrock the babys cradle and fan away the flies. He sold the patentto a Yankee peddler for a horse and wagon and the peddlers stock. Peter Cooper wasnever idle and he neverwasted time. When notworking he was read-ing, studying, or plan-ning inventions. Hebecame a rich man andowned iron mines, mills,and factories. He im-proved old machineryand invented newmachinery. He also helped others to make a success of their inven-tions by investing money in their undertakings and by giving themgood advice.
A home geography of New York city . number ofmachines for his factory and his home. One invention wouldrock the babys cradle and fan away the flies. He sold the patentto a Yankee peddler for a horse and wagon and the peddlers stock. Peter Cooper wasnever idle and he neverwasted time. When notworking he was read-ing, studying, or plan-ning inventions. Hebecame a rich man andowned iron mines, mills,and factories. He im-proved old machineryand invented newmachinery. He also helped others to make a success of their inven-tions by investing money in their undertakings and by giving themgood advice. Cooper Union. When Peter Cooper planned Cooper Union no onehad ever heard of iron beams such as are now used in beams were used. As Peter Cooper wished to make CooperUnion as nearly fireproof as possible, he decided that iron beamsshould take the place of wooden ones. He found that the kind ofiron beams that he was looking for were not made. He then hadnew machinery built to make beams according to his ideas. When. Southeast and South\;i 1(>i;m,i;.s ofGreenwich and Franklin Streets PETEE COOPER 213 you see men working on our sky-scrapers and our new bridges, donot forget that it was Peter Cooper who made the first iron beamsused in building. The Tom Thumb, the First American Locomotive. Tlie locomotivewas invented in England. The first railroad company in the United
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