3. Technology
Have you ever used a phone to call a friend?
Of course, each time you do there should be
a thanks for Ezra Cornell. Due to his hard
work, the construction of telegraph lines were
placed between Washington, D.C. and
Baltimore, Maryland, as the first telegraph
lines of substance in the United State. The
telegraph lead to the invention of the home
telephone and eventually the cell phone
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5. Communication
Being one of the original founders of the
Western Union Telegraph Company
Ezra Cornell created a fortune for
himself. By cutting down the time
needed to contact another person has
greatly increased the rate of new
technologies as scientists are able to
share their ideas with one another
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7. Cornell
Founded in 1868, Cornell University is
no one of the top notch Ivy League
schools. It has grown to teach
approximately twenty-thousand
students each year. Cornell brings
brilliant minds from all over the world to
Ithaca. Cornell and his philanthropist
ways have also created a local library
that is used by all of Ithaca