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Invention Inventor Library Resources
Air Brakes George Westinghouse The Problem Solvers
Airplane Wright Brothers
http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96apr/wrightw.html
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/156.html
http://www.wam.umd.edu/~stwright/WrBr/Wrights.html
http://www.wam.umd.edu/~stwright/WrBr/Wright_articles.html
http://www.ohiobio.org/wwright.htm
http://dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/People_and_Society/Biography/Inventors/Wright,_Wilbur_and_Orville/
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/page/w/wright.shtml
http://www.exn.ca/FlightDeck/Aviators/wright.cfm
Invention Books
Astro Turf John Queeny The Problem Solvers
Automobile
Assembly Line
Henry Ford
http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/hf/
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?refid=761567245
http://www.incwell.com/Biographies/Ford.html
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/60.html
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blford.htm
http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/inventions/ford_henry.html
http://users.wclynx.com/theshaws/martysfirstpage.html
Invention Books
Automobiles/Plumbing Fixtures David Buick Unsung Heroes
Baby Food Dan Gerber The Problem Solvers
Baby Ruth Otto Schnering
http://www.newstarproductions.com/Otto%20Schnering.htm
http://www.scripophily.net/curcancom.html
The Fortunate Fortunes
Barbie Doll Ruth Handler
http://www.kipnotes.com/Toys.htm
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/handler.htm
http://www.barbiedoll.ws/dreamdoll.htm
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/handler.html
Invention Books
Batteries Geoges Leclanche
http://www.cyberessays.com/Science/18.htm
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/25edison/25visual1.htm
http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1135/earth.htm
http://americanhistory.si.edu/timeline/05ed.htm
Invention Books
Beanie Babies Ty Warner
http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/toys/ty1393.php
http://weeklywire.com/ww/10-04-99/nash_cl-home_brood.html
http://www.gmit.ie/cluma/ftv2001/emma/beaniebabies.htm
http://www.southbendtribune.com/99/may/052199/business/187420.htm
http://www.aboutbeanies.com/Ty_Warner.html
http://www.geocities.com/collectiblezdotnet/TyWarner/
http://www.hoovers.com/co/capsule/9/0,2163,89439,00.html
http://expage.com/page/microsbbinfo
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0776490.html

Invention Books
Everready Batteries Joshua L. Cowen
http://home.nycap.rr.com/useless/lionel/
Invention Books
Bicycle Baron Karl Von Drais
http://home.student.uva.nl/judith.manni/ONTWIK_1/Draisine/draisine.html
http://sln.fi.edu/pieces/payton/slide1.htm
http://www.logicmgmt.com/1876/bicycling.htm
http://www.spartan.org/dekeslaytonmuseum/exhibitions.html
http://www.bicyclemuseum.com/html/bike1.html
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blbicycle.htm
Inventions and Discoveries (World Book)
Bingo Edwin S. Lowe Unsung Heroes
Birdseye Frozen Foods Clarence Birdseye The Rejects
Camera George Eastman
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/48.html
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/eastman.htm
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/aboutKodak/kodakHistory/eastman.shtml
http://www.multied.com/bio/people/eastman.html
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0771891.html
http://www.cool4kids.com/People_and_Society/Biography/Inventors/Eastman__George/
Invention Books
Coca-Cola Dr. John Styth Pemberton
http://www.thesodastand.com/Hx%20of%20Coke.htm
http://www.avec.avcnet.org/~dletourneau/cyberFair/coke.html
http://www.gesamtschule-nordkirchen.de/05/0805.html
http://huizen.dds.nl/~eriessen/past.htm
http://www.clubcocacola.net/chronicle/02_birthofarefreshingidea/
http://www.kaleden.com/articles/3159.html
http://www.essaybank.co.uk/free_coursework/661.html
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~tsawyer/coca_cola/coke1.html
http://mason.gmu.edu/~apories/history.htm

Unsung Heroes
Computer Charles Babbage
http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/Babbage.html
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/babbage.htm
http://inventorsmuseum.com/CharlesBabbage.htm
http://www.cbi.umn.edu/exhibits/cb.html
http://www.ex.ac.uk/BABBAGE/
http://www.historypages.org/ada/charles_frameset.html
http://www.engin.umd.umich.edu/~wolfieee/ece201/201_reports/c_babbage.htm
http://w2.shorecrest.org/MSUS/Comp/Comp-Basics/charles_babbage.html
Invention Books
Computer Programming Language Grace Hopper
http://inventorsmuseum.com/GraceHopper.htm
http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/Files/hopper-story.html
http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/grace_hopper.htm
http://www.wic.org/bio/ghopper.htm
http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/hopper.html
http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/Hopper.Danis.html
http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/hopper.htm
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/hopper.htm
http://www.norfolk.navy.mil/chips/grace_hopper/file2.htm
http://www.terrifichick.com/feature/womenhist2.html
Invention Books
Condensed Milk Gail Borden The Rejects
Cotton Gin Eli Whitney Inventions and Discoveries (World Book)
Cyclotron Ernest Lawrence Twentieth Century Inventors
Dyes Elizabeth Lucas Pinckney Women Inventors & their Discoveries
Electicity Thomas Edision
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761563582
http://www.incwell.com/Biographies/Edison.html
http://www.nps.gov/edis/home.htm
http://www.cyg.net/~jhall/gphone.html
http://www.ee.umd.edu/~taylor/edison.htm
http://www.nps.gov/edis/grade4.htm
Invention Books
Encyclopedia Britannica William Benton The Fortunate Fortunes
Federal Express Frederick Smith The Rejects
Fiberglass Games Slayter The Fortunate Fortunes
Flying machines Leonardo da Vinci Inventions by Carol Amato
Genetics Barbara McClintock Women Inventors & their Discoveries
Gourmet Popcorn Orville Redenbacher The Rejects
Graham Cracker Sylvester Graham The Rejects
Hair Products Madam C. J. Walker Women Inventors & their Discoveries
Hires Root Beer Charles Hire The Fortunate Fortunes
Hoover Vacuum Cleaners James Murray Spangler Unsung Heroes
Hummel Figurines Berta Hummel Unsung Heroes
Implantable Pacemaker Wilson Greatbatch Twentieth Century Inventors
Insurance John Dryden The Problem Solvers
Jacuzzi Candido Jacuzzi The Problem Solvers
Jet Engine Frank Whittle
http://www.cwn.org.uk/heritage/people/whittle/biography.html
http://www.cwn.org.uk/heritage/people/whittle/photo1.htm
http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aerojava/whittle.htm
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bljetengine.htm
http://allstar.fiu.edu/aero/whittle.htm
http://www.sunion.warwick.ac.uk/postgrad/documents/franks.shtml
http://www-g.eng.cam.ac.uk/125/1925-1950/whittle.html
http://www.rugbytown.co.uk/history/whittle1.htm
http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~robodyne/inventors-world/whittle7.htm
Invention Books
John Deere John Deere
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761575690
http://www.deere.com/en_US/compinfo/history/index.html?sidenavstate=00000001
http://www.comportone.com/cpo/events/events/museum/illinois/johndeere.html
http://johnnypopper.com/
http://www.virtualvermont.com/history/jdeere.html
http://www.field-reporter.com/The_Green_Girl/gg-11-20-00.htm
http://www.lib.niu.edu/ipo/iht810102.html
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=30214
http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/schools/Jefferson/Museum/JohnDeere.html
Invention Books
Johnson Wax Samuel C. Johnson The Fortunate Fortunes
Kellogg's Corn Flakes Will Keith Kellogg The Fortunate Fortunes
Kevlar (bullet resistant vests) Stephanie Kwolek
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blforensic2.htm
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/story082.htm
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blkevlar.htm
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/1996/jan31/41520.html
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/kwolek.htm
http://www.inventorsmuseum.com/StephanieKwolek.htm
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/90.html
http://www.si.edu/lemelson/centerpieces/ilives/lecture05.html
http://www.acfnewsource.org/science/kwolek.html
http://www.girlscouts.org/girlsgotech/9-11/clothing_careers.html
http://www.ceemast.csupomona.edu/nova/kwol.html
Invention Books
Kitchen-Aid Dishwasher Josephine Garis The Problem Solvers
Kleenix Tissue Charles Clark & John Kimberly The Fortunate Fortunes
Laser Gordon Gould Twentieth Century Inventors
Laser Dr. Theodore Maiman Inventions by Carol Amato
Lear Jet William Lear The Rejects
Liquid Paper Bette Nesmith Graham
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/GG/fgr90.html
http://www.gihon.com/pages/bette_graham/bette_graham.html
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/story046.htm
http://www.flaming-pie.net/~frodis/whiteout.html
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blliquid_paper.htm
Invention Books
McDonald's Ray Kroc Unsung Heroes
Modern Day Cookbook Fannie Farmer
http://www.bartleby.com/87/
http://www.bartleby.com/people/Farmer-F.html
http://ebread.faithweb.com/fanny.htm
http://www.channel1.com/users/director/fannyfarmer.htm
http://www.foodreference.com/html/ffannyfarmer.html
Invention Books
Monopoly Elizabeth Magie/Charles Darrow The Rejects
Motion Picture Thomas Edison
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761563582
http://www.incwell.com/Biographies/Edison.html
http://www.nps.gov/edis/home.htm
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edhome.html
http://www.nps.gov/edis/grade4.htm
Invention Books
Motorcycle Gottlieb Daimler Inventions and Discoveries (World Book)
Outboard Motor Ole Evinrude The Problem Solvers
Pendulum Clock Galileo Galilei Inventions and Discoveries (World Book)
Plastic Leo Baekeland Twentieth Century Inventors
Polaroid Camera Edwin Land The Problem Solvers
Polio Vaccine Jonas Edward Salk
http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/inventions/salk_jonas.html
http://www.wic.org/bio/jsalk.htm
http://www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/salk.html
http://www.encyclopedia.com/searchpool.asp?target=@DOCTITLE%20Salk%20%20Jonas%20Edward
http://www.northstar.k12.ak.us/schools/ryn/projects/inventors/salk/salk.html
http://www.medicine-worldwide.de/persoenlichkeiten/salk.html
http://fr.encyclopedia.yahoo.com/articles/so/so_987_p0.html
http://www.musd.org/time_cap/jsalk.html
http://stephan.grandpre.net/salk.html
Invention Books
Preventive Medicine/Beeswax Capsules for eyedrops Dr. Josephine Baker Women Inventors & their Discoveries
Printing Press Johann Gutenberg Inventions by Carol Amato
Radio Guglielmo Marconi Inventions by Carol Amato
Reader's Digest DeWitt Wallace The Rejects
Reaper Cyrus McCormick Inventions and Discoveries (World Book)
Rocket Robert Goddard Twentieth Century Inventors
Rockets and Satellites Werner von Braun Inventions by Carol Amato
Signal Flare Martha Coston Women Inventors & their Discoveries
Smallpox Vaccination Edward Jenner Inventions and Discoveries (World Book)
Snowmobiles Joseph-Armand Bombardier
http://www.museebombardier.com/en/content/jab/jab.htm
http://www.museebombardier.com/en/content/jab/biographie.htm
http://www.museebombardier.com/en/content/jab/brevets.htm
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blsnowmobiling.htm
http://www.explorenorth.com/library/weekly/aa010201a.htm
http://www.townshipsheritage.com/Eng/Hist/FamousInv/bombardier.html
http://www.edu.pe.ca/kinkora/grassroots/influentialcanadians/stupage/jcurtis.htm
Invention Books
Steam Engine Thomas Newcomen Inventions by Carol Amato
Steam Locomotive Richard Trevithick Inventions by Carol Amato
Steamboat Robert Fulton Inventions by Carol Amato
Submarine David Bushnell Inventions by Carol Amato
Superman Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster Unsung Heroes
Telegraph Samuel Morse Inventions by Carol Amato
Telephone Alexander Graham Bell Inventions by Carol Amato
Telescope Hans Lippershey Inventions and Discoveries (World Book)
Television Philo Farnsworth
http://inventorsmuseum.com/Farnsworth.htm
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/56.html
http://www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/farnsworth.html
http://www.adherents.com/misc/philo_farnsworth.html
http://www.outwestnewspaper.com/tv.html
http://www.discovery.com/stories/deadinventors/dead980709/deadinventors.html
http://www.philo75.com/
http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/ancmag/723.asp
http://www.harpercollins.com/authorintro/index.asp?authorid=20817
Invention Books
Television (first device that transmitted tv signals) John Logie Baird Inventions by Carol Amato
Tires John Boyd Dunlop Unsung Heroes
Transistor William Shockley Twentieth Century Inventors
Transistor William Shockley, Walter Brattain, John Bardeen Inventions and Discoveries (World Book)
Wrigley's Gum William Wrigley The Fortunate Fortunes
Xerography Chester Carlson Twentieth Century Inventors
Xerox Chester Carlson The Rejects
X-Ray Wilhelm Roentgen Inventions and Discoveries (World Book)