Invention Web Sites
DATABASES: http://tinyurl.com/wghsresearch
http://inventors.about.com/od/astartinventions/a/FamousInvention.htm
About.com…lots here!
http://invention.smithsonian.org/home/
The Lemelson Center is dedicated to exploring invention in
history and encouraging inventive creativity in young people.
http://www.havefunwithhistory.com/HistorySubjects/ScienceInvention.html
A resource for students, educators and all lovers of American History
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edhome.html
Edison Motion Picture Recordings
http://americaninvetors.blogspot.com/
http://www.women-inventors.com/
Famous Women Inventors is pleased to present an introduction to a handful of the many females whose ingenuity helped to shape the world as we know it over the last couple of centuries. Select an inventor from the list to read more about her life and the inventions she created.
http://www.edinformatics.com/inventions_inventors/
WHAT WERE THE GREATEST INVENTIONS OF ALL TIME?
Here is the Encyclopædia Britannica's list for--The Greatest Inventions of All Times
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/indexz.shtml
https://www.thomasedison.org/inventions
Edison Innovation Foundation
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/edison/
Thomas Edison. American Experience
http://invention.psychology.msstate.edu/
Invention of the airplane virtual museum
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004637.html
A Guide to Inventions and Discoveries From Adrenaline to the Zipper
http://www.history.com/topics/inventions
Inventions and science from the History Channel
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/a-z/letterA.htm
List of inventions and inventors
http://www.ushistory.org/us/25c.asp
With links to Goodyear, Morse, Sewing Machine, Whitney
http://www.black-inventor.com/
Black Inventors
http://www.electricalfun.com/inventors_inventions.htm
Great Inventors in Electrical History
http://www.kidinfo.com/american_history/inventors_inventions.html
Famous Inventor Biographies and the History of Famous Inventions
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/tesla/
Nikola Tesla
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/henryford/
Henry Ford
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/history-ferris-wheel-180955300/
Ferris Wheel
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/magazine/who-made-that-ferris-wheel.html
Ferris Wheel
https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/a341/2078467/
Brief descriptions
https://www.lego.com/en-us/aboutus/lego-group/the_lego_history
Legos
http://mentalfloss.com/article/19400/early-history-lego
https://www.history.com/news/the-disastrous-backstory-behind-the-invention-of-lego-bricks
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/09/15/legos-plastic-bricks-transformed-childhood-are-they-sturdy-enough-to-survive-screens/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.7870d5decf88
Neon Lights
https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/magazine/a-blaze-of-crimson-light-the-story-of-neon
http://neonlibrary.com/neon_history_2.html
http://edisontechcenter.org/NeonLamps.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XfEEAieO6k
Refrigerators
https://www.livescience.com/57797-refrigerator-history.html
https://www.partselect.com/JustForFun/Major-History-The-Refrigerator-And-Freezer.aspx
http://www.historyofrefrigeration.com/refrigeration-history/
https://www.realestate.com.au/news/a-household-history-of-the-fridge-2/
Computers
https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/inventions/who-invented-the-computer.htm
https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/invention-of-the-pc
https://www.livescience.com/20718-computer-history.html
https://www.phy.ornl.gov/csep/ov/node8.html
Tractors
http://www.froelichtractor.com/thetractor.html
https://www.sodgod.com/tractor-history/
https://americanhistory.si.edu/tractor
https://www.deere.com/en/our-company/history/
https://www.dkfindout.com/us/transportation/history-tractors/