George Ferris's Valentine's Day gift to science teachers

Featured on Google home pages worldwide today is an ultra special Google Doodle not just for Valentine's Day but also for the 154th birthday of George W.G. Ferris Jr., the inventor of the Ferris Wheel. This year's Google

Today's February 14 Google Doodle covers some territory by integrating the celebration of George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr.'s birthday (154th) and Valentine's Day. George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. was an American

Google is celebrating Valentine's Day with a Google Doodle honoring George Ferris, the creator of the original Ferris Wheel (and the source of its name). As previously reported, the doodle hit the other side of the world as it

Today Google has a cute Google doodle of a Ferris wheel; I figured it was because Ferris wheels are romantic, but it's also the birthday of George Ferris, born in Galesburg in 1859 (and namesake of Galesburg founder George Washington Gale), though he

George Ferris, born George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., grew up in Galesburg, Ill., and Carson Valley, Nev.,. He started working on railroads after college and his company, G.W.G. Ferris & Co., which was based in Pennsylvania, focused on ensuring the