Successfully used a steam engine to drill for oil, created oil boom

Injected air into steel, which created a more flexible,lighter, and rust resistant metal

Established the 1st research laboratory in NJ,perfected the incandescent light bulb

Invented typewriter

Invented the telephone with Thomas Watson

180,000 miles of track

Built factories on Illinois prairie, factories built sleepers and railroad cars

Big scheme, construction company pocketed 3x normal amount given by stockholders

Reestablished right of fed gov to supervise railroad activities, and the ICC

1st industrial mogul to create his own fortune through stock

Bought out supplies, in order to control raw materials and transportation systems

Buying out competition, attempted to but out competing steel producers

Philosophy, based on Darwin's theory

Made illegal to form trust that interfered w/ free trade between states&other country

Established standard oil company, took different approach made trust mergers