This is a nice article. The Ferris wheel captures our imagination. A wheel of such magnitude in the 1800's captures people's fantasy. The building of the wheel is slow and laborious. Ferris built it with care and it stood out. Such wheels are still an attraction at amusement parks and fairs. The recounting of the entire story is something that makes us read with interest. Reinventing the wheel is a good title. Ferris died a broken man. The wheel is built today in China. Technology was one of the things that propelled him to build the wheel.