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» Historical Inventors: A To Z

» National Inventors Hall of Fame

» The Black Inventor Online Museum [ Kids/Teens ] - A look at the great and often unrecognized pioneers in the field of invention and innovation.

» Blacks in Technology, Past and Present [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Profiles of seven African American inventors.

» Elias Howe [ Kids/Teens ] - Credited with inventing the first practical sewing machine. This biography is from Scientific American Online.

» Elias Howe [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Profile of the inventor of the sewing machine; born in Spencer, Massachusetts.

» Ernst F. W. Alexanderson [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Profile of the Swedish-born inventor of the High-Frequency Alternator Radio.

» Fact Monster; Inventions and Discoveries [ Kids ] - List of inventions from A to Z with dates, inventors, and links to the biographies of some of these inventors.

» Famous American Inventors [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Includes brief sketches and images of selected inventors.

» Famous Black Inventors [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Profiles of selected African-American inventors of the 20th century.

George Edward Alcorn, Jr. [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Physicist and inventor. Provides brief biography, patent list, curriculum vitae and illustrations.

» Great and Famous Inventors [ Kids ] - Elementary school students introduce some of the men and women whose creations changed the 20th century.

» The Great Idea Finder [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Provides invention facts, inventor profiles, innovation timeline, history articles, and trivia quiz.

» Henry Ford - Ignorant Genius [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Offers a biography and history.

» Historical Figures in Telecommunications [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Brief biographical sketches of about a dozen people who have been important in the history of the development of telecommunications.

» Innovative Lives [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Short profiles of men and women who are changing life today. From the Smithsonian.

» The Invention Dimension: Inventor of the Week Archives [ Kids/Teens ] - Browsable and searchable collection of short, yet scholarly biographies geared toward students.

» Inventor Biographies [ Kids/Teens ] - Alphabetical list from Cleveland Abbe through Vladimir Zworykin includes nationalities, occupations and stories of their inventions.

» InventorNet [ Kids/Teens ] - A Thinkquest project which tells about the inventors of the telephone, light bulb, CD, curling iron, microwave and paper.

» James Nasmith [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Profile, career, and background history on the sport's inventor. From the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

» Made Up In Britain [ Kids/Teens ] - Series of brief articles about British inventors and their inventions.

» Robert Noyce [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Brief biography of the co-inventor, with Jack Kilby, of the integrated circuit.

» 19th Century African-American Inventors [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Short articles on black inventors from Suite101.com.

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