Lowell, Barbara.

George ferris, what a wheel / by Barbara Lowell ; illustrated by Jerry Hoare and with photographs. - 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm. - Penguin core concepts .

A portrait of the engineer who invented the Ferris wheel describes the ambitious ideas that inspired him to build the largest wheel in the world for the Chicago World's Fair in 1893.

ISBN: 9780448479262

LCCN: 2014941987

Subjects--Personal Names:
Ferris, George Washington Gale, 1859-1896.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Structural engineering.
Civil engineers.
Inventors.
Ferris wheels--History.