Peter Cooper
FameRank: 6

"Peter Cooper" was an American industrialist, inventor, philanthropist, and candidate for President of the United States. He designed and built the first steam locomotive in the U.S., and founded the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in Manhattan, New York City.

If you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous inventors! More Peter Cooper on Wikipedia.

That may have influenced this. It might have been complicated from a political point of view.

222

This new technology is very promising.

184

All her injuries were consistent with a fall down the stairs. When found she was lying with her face down or on the side face down. This indicates she died from asphyxia.

144

A true history of human events would show that a far larger proportion of our acts are the result of sudden impulse and accident than of that reason of which we so much boast.

54