In “A Whale of a Wheel.” the author talks about the World’s Fair and the invention of the Ferris wheel. He tells us that in 1889 France hosted the first exotic and glamorous world’s Fair. Years later Chicago, Illinois, did the same. The architect Daniel Burnham was in charge of the World’s Fair in Chicago. The author talks about how the engineer Gale Ferris gave to Daniel a proposal to build a gigantic wheel, which consisted of a rotating upright wheel with passenger cars attached to the rim in such a way that as the wheel turns, the cars are kept upright, by gravity, the same one that architect Daniel Burnham said no to at the beginning because he thought it was unsafe and would defy the laws of physics. Ferris found a way to convince Daniel, by revising with other engineers the drafts of the proposal, and demonstrating to Daniel that the gigantic wheel was possible, and that it would be amazing to have one in his World’s Fair. Daniel finally accepted the proposal and by December 1892, the construction began on a successful Ferris Wheel constructed by Gale Ferris, same one that after many years is still the principal entertainment in fairs all over the world.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Summary: A Whale of a Wheel
By Irasema Tirado
In “A Whale of a Wheel.” the author talks about the World’s Fair and the invention of the Ferris wheel. He tells us that in 1889 France hosted the first exotic and glamorous world’s Fair. Years later Chicago, Illinois, did the same. The architect Daniel Burnham was in charge of the World’s Fair in Chicago. The author talks about how the engineer Gale Ferris gave to Daniel a proposal to build a gigantic wheel, which consisted of a rotating upright wheel with passenger cars attached to the rim in such a way that as the wheel turns, the cars are kept upright, by gravity, the same one that architect Daniel Burnham said no to at the beginning because he thought it was unsafe and would defy the laws of physics. Ferris found a way to convince Daniel, by revising with other engineers the drafts of the proposal, and demonstrating to Daniel that the gigantic wheel was possible, and that it would be amazing to have one in his World’s Fair. Daniel finally accepted the proposal and by December 1892, the construction began on a successful Ferris Wheel constructed by Gale Ferris, same one that after many years is still the principal entertainment in fairs all over the world.
In “A Whale of a Wheel.” the author talks about the World’s Fair and the invention of the Ferris wheel. He tells us that in 1889 France hosted the first exotic and glamorous world’s Fair. Years later Chicago, Illinois, did the same. The architect Daniel Burnham was in charge of the World’s Fair in Chicago. The author talks about how the engineer Gale Ferris gave to Daniel a proposal to build a gigantic wheel, which consisted of a rotating upright wheel with passenger cars attached to the rim in such a way that as the wheel turns, the cars are kept upright, by gravity, the same one that architect Daniel Burnham said no to at the beginning because he thought it was unsafe and would defy the laws of physics. Ferris found a way to convince Daniel, by revising with other engineers the drafts of the proposal, and demonstrating to Daniel that the gigantic wheel was possible, and that it would be amazing to have one in his World’s Fair. Daniel finally accepted the proposal and by December 1892, the construction began on a successful Ferris Wheel constructed by Gale Ferris, same one that after many years is still the principal entertainment in fairs all over the world.
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