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Granville T. Woods
Read a brief biography of Graville T. Woods, known as "The Black Edison" because of the multitude and scope of his inventions. Perhaps his most important was a way for trains to communicate with each other.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Henry Ford Biografia (Espanol)
A brief biography of Henry Ford. Ford's great ideas were to improve the inventions around him and to produce them very efficiently. Good links to pictures and other information.
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Nikola Tesla
Brief biographical sketch of Nikola Tesla, famous electrical engineer who invented the alternating current transmission system.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Albert Einstein Biography
Useful biographical information, inventions, and interesting facts about German-born physicist, Albert Einstein, known for developing the theory of relativity.
Curated OER
Black Inventor Online Museum: Jan Matzeliger
A very complete biography of African-American inventor, Jan Matzeliger, who developed the shoe-lasting machine. Read about the development of his invention, and see pictures of the machine and the patent drawing.
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Black Inventor Online Museum: Lewis Latimer
The biography of the fascinating African-American inventor, Lewis Latimer. In addition to finding out about his development of the carbon filament for the incandescent lamp, you can read about his expertise in patent law, his association...
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Black Inventor Online Museum: Lewis Latimer
The biography of the fascinating African-American inventor, Lewis Latimer. In addition to finding out about his development of the carbon filament for the incandescent lamp, you can read about his expertise in patent law, his association...
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Black Inventor Online Museum: William Purvis
Read about the African-American inventor, William Purvis, who improved the fountain pen. Included is a list of his other inventions.
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Black Inventor Online Museum: Jan Matzeliger
Picture of shoe-lasting machine invented by Jan Matzeliger.
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Black Inventor Online Museum: Andrew Beard
A short biography of Andrew Beard, whose invention improved the safety of railroads in the 19th century.
BBC
Bbc: History: Edmund Cartwright (1743 1823)
A summary of inventor Edmund Cartwright's (1743-1823 CE) life including details on many of his failed inventions. Archived.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Thomas Edison Biography
Interesting biographical information, famous inventions, and quotes of Thomas Edison, one of America's greatest inventors.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Audion 1906
Two years after Englishman John Ambrose Fleming invented a two-electrode vacuum tube, American inventor Lee De Forest one-upped him by developing a tube with three electrodes.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Clarence Birdseye (1886 1956)
Brief article about Clarence Birdeye's discovery of a way to preserve food by flash-freezing it.
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame: William R. Hewlett
Biographical information about William R. Hewlett, co-founder of the electronics giant Hewlett-Packard.
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame: Carl Djerassi: Oral Contraceptives
Brief biography of the scientist who is recognized for determining organic molecular structure and the synthesis of many steroids.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Mc Cormick Reaper
Read interesting facts about Cyrus McCormick, inventor of the mechanical horse-drawn reaper 1n 1831.
Agnes Scott College
Agnes Scott College: Grace Murray Hopper
Short biography includes a picture and references.
Other
Patent Museum: Egg Beater: Willis Johnson 1884
A brief description to the patent filing and an excerpt from the patent request that Willis Johnson filed for his improvements in the egg beater. Included are drawings submitted with the patent request.
PBS
American Experience: Technology Timeline: 1752 1990
Short descriptions of important technological innovations produced in America and the date of their introduction.
National Academy of Engineering
Greatest Achievements: Airplane
This page provides an overview of the history behind one of the greatest engineering innovations of all time:the airplane. There is also a timeline showing its development.
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Buckminster Fuller Institute: R. Buckminster Fuller, 1895 1983
An extensive biography of R. Buckminster Fuller, an inventor and a philosopher who devoted much of his time to devising practical solutions to the world's problems. There are many additional resources on the site, including information...
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Otis Boykin
Otis Boykin invented electronic control devices for guided missiles, IBM computers, and the control unit for a pacemaker.
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