Famous Inventions
Here is a list of inventions.
Idea
Finder: Inventor Profile
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inventors and their invention.
Inventors &
Inventions for K-12 Education
Biographies of some famous
inventors for students.
Inventors - Famous Historical Inventors
History has produced
some amazing people called inventors, we have a complete resource for you to
research any famous inventor-biographies-timelines-sections on women,
African American, Chinese and Hispanic groups of inventors.
Inventions Discovered By Mistake
A big mess can turn into the
world's most finest invention. Take this Internet Scavenger Hunt and
have fun while learning more about inventions discovered by mistake!
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Ms. Pauling's Inventions Project
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electricity, batteries, simple machines, inventors and their machines, life,
and famous quotes.
Zoom Inventors
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Anderson, Mary
Bell, Alexander Graham
Benjamin
Franklin and His Inventions
A list of Benjamin Franklin's
inventions reveals a man of many talents and interests. It was the scientist
in Ben that brought out the inventor.
Birdseye, Clarence
Commercial frozen food made its appearance in 1875 by Clarence Birdseye.
Conrad Rontgen, Wilhelm
Learn about the inventor of the x-ray at
this site.
Dickson, Earle
Band-Aids were the invention of Earle Dickson.
Drais von
Sauerbronn, Karl
Pedaling Through the Past Bicycle History
Eastman, George
The founder of the Eastman Kodak Company is called the father of
motion-picture film and photography.
Edison, Thomas
Thomas Edison invented many great devices like the light bulb and motion
pictures.
Foucault, Jean
Foucault's Pendulum
Watch a video on how the pendulum experiment works.
Jean Bernard Leon Foucault
Read about the creator of the pendulum that demonstrated the rotation of
the Earth.
Fitch, John
The steamboat was invented by John Fitch.
Galilei, Galileo
Galileo's Battle
for the Heavens
This site has a timeline of Galileo's life and describes the
contributions he made to science and math.
Galileo's Biography
Read the biography of Galileo and look at the pictures of Galileo and
his discoveries.
Galileo Galilei
Discover the inventions and mathematic observations he made.
Galileo Galilei Inventions
Look at the inventions Galileo created.
The Galileo
Games
Try Galileo's experiments at
this interactive site.
Goddard,
Robert
Robert Goddard was one of the first men to dream about rockets going into
space.
Howe, Elias
Elias Howe invented the first sewing machine.
Judson, W. L.
Lenormand, Louis S.
The parachute can be trace back to da Vinci's notebooks, but Lenormand help
create the modern parachute.
Marconi, Guglielmo
Learn about the father of radio.
Morgan,
Garett
Noble, Alfred
Read the biographical timeline of the famous inventor of dynamite.
Pemberton,
John
A pharmacist creates a new drink.
Polley, Eugene
The remote control was invented almost 50 years ago at the Zenith Radio
Corporation.
Poulsen,
Valdemar
Recording sound on steel wire was the idea of Valdemar Poulsen.
Spencer, Percy
Spencer Percy invented the microwave in 1946.
Townes, Charles H.
In 1960, Charles H. Townes patents the laser.
Von
Guericke, Otto
Von Guericke invented the many things besides the
vacuum.