Inventors/Inventions

Use the links below to learn about your inventor and his/her invention.

http://enchantedlearning.com/inventors

No information for: computer, football, smallpox vaccine, television, penicillin, shoes, tooth brush/paste or video games
Note: chewing gum is listed as bubble gum and car can be found under Ford, Henry.

This website provides information about various inventions and inventors. They are organized by category and alphabetically.

http://library.thinkquest.org/C002942/timeline/index.shtml

No info. for: chewing gum, telegraph, Slinky, personal computer, video games, basketball, smallpox vaccine, rockets, X-ray, eye glasses, microscope, paper, velcro, Xerox copier, sandwich, football, or toothbrush/toothpaste

This website offers a timeline of inventions and inventors.

http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Home

No information for: microwave, light bulb, Slinky, X-ray, sandwich

This database allows you to type in your invention and find related articles. Make sure and click on the "history" link.
http://www.kidsclick.org/ This search engine will allow you to type in your invention to possibly locate other websites.
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame This site provides information about select inventors and inventions.

http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/tooth.html

 This site provides information on the toothbrush.
http://www.150.si.edu/150trav/remember/amerinv.htm This site provides information about the telegraph, sewing machine, computer and light bulb.

http://www.poof-slinky.com/Slinky-Museum/Slinky-History/
http://www.slinky.org/

 This site provides information on the Slinky toy.

http://www.thehistoryof.net/the-history-of-football.html

http://inventors.about.com/od/fstartinventions/a/HistoryFootball.htm

 These sites provide information on football.

http://inventors.about.com/od/sstartinventions/a/Shoes.htm

http://www.footwearhistory.com/index.shtml

 These sites provide information on shoes.

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/sewmachine.htm

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/nation/jb_nation_howe_1.html

 These sites provides information on the sewing machine.

http://kids.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/entry?id=SandwcJ

http://www.earlofsandwichusa.com/about/

 These sites provide information on the Earl of Sandwich.

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Type in 'history of...' in the search box

Use this database to search for additional information.