INVENTORS - FAMOUS and NOT-SO FAMOUS

• African American Inventors from Ohio - Library of Congress resource (1850-1920) on early Ohio inventors including William Douglass, Granville Woods, Garrett Morgan and many others.

• Charles Brush - electric arc light
• Arthur Compton - sodium vapor lamp

• Black Inventor Museum

• William Barry - postmarking and canceling machine
• Dr. Patricia Bath - LaserPhaco Probe to prevent cataracts
• Alexander Graham Bell Papers - Library of Congress collection of approx. 5000 online items
• Alexander Graham Bell - American Experience
• Alexander Graham Bell - Telephony Museum; photos
• Forrest Bird - inventor of respirator; his aviation museum
• Barb Carey - inventor, entrepreneur
• George Washington Carver - crop rotation; 300 uses for peanuts
• Philip Downing - mailbox
• Charles Drew - world's first blood bank
• Philo T. Farnsworth - inventor of television, addition site here
• Henry Ford's Innovation - Henry Ford Museum online exhibit
• Benjamin Franklin - Smithsonian; complete autobiography online here!
• Wilson Greatbatch - pacemaker
• Stephanie Kwolek - Kevlar, polymer fiber
• Lewis Howard Latimer - invented the filament light bulb
• Elijah McCoy - oil cup for steam engines, portable ironing board, lawn sprinkler
• Alexander Miles -  elevator
• Ann Moore - Snugli baby carrier
• Samuel Morse Papers - Library of Congress collection of approx. 6500 online items
• Elbert R Robinson - electric trolley
• Patsy Sherman - Scotchguard
• Sonny Sneed - double-hole punch for manufacturing
• Dr. Janese Swanson - toy inventor, GirlTech, entrepreneur
• Eli Whitney - Cotton Gin
• Dr. Daniel Hale Williams - first open heart surgery

• Canadian Women Invent - large database of women inventors and brief biographies
• German Inventors - including Einstein, Levi Strauss, Johannes Gutenberg, Hertz, Ohm, Schwinn, Zepelin
• Hungarian Inventors
• Energy Pioneers: "Super Scientists" - nice online gallery from Canada

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• Archimedes - biography, timeline, many inventions
• Louis Braille -
• Marie Curie - radium
• Exploring Leonardo DaVinci - Museum of Science
• Mind of Leonardo DaVinci - large art gallery
• Leonardo DaVinci and the Engineers of the Renaissance - 3D simulations, models, videos, more
• Galileo's Compass - Interactive 3D model
• Galileo's Microscope - Interactive and simulation activity
• Galileo's Telescope - Institute and Museum of the History of Science
• Blaise Pascal -
• Nikola Tesla -

INVENTION MUSEUMS & LISTS

• Invention Dimension - Lemelson MIT Program for invention and innovation; one of the top sites for all grades!
• History of Invention - Interactive timeline of major inventions
• Museum of Ancient Inventions - Smith College
• Database of inventions and inventors - Young Students
• Inventors Hall of Fame (adults)
• Student Inventors Hall of Fame (kids K-12)
• US Patent Office for Kids - trademark sounds, games, patents explained
• Silly Patents and Invention Ideas