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The Retrieval of a Legacy: Nineteenth-Century American Women Inventors

Book by Denise E. Pilato; Praeger Publishers, 2000

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Women Inventors--United States--History--19th Century

Collections: History, Entire Library

...a level par with male inventors. In reality, gendered...possibility of naming one famous dog or one famous women inventor during the first half...educated adults can name more famous dogs than women inventors. 69 Brown challenged...
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Steamboats Come True: American Inventors in Action

Book by James Thomas Flexner; Fordham University Press, 1992

Subjects:

Inventors--United States, Steam-Navigation--History, Steamboats--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...his own version and sold the right to Nathaniel Cutting. Years later, when Fulton was famous because of his steamboats, Cutting insisted that the inventor had cheated him by selling the machine as his own invention, without mentioning that Cartwright...
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Inventors and Engineers of Old New Haven: A Series of Six Lectures Given in 1938 under the Auspices of the School of Engineering, Yale University

Book by Richard Shelton Kirby; New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1939

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Engineers--Connecticut--New Haven, Inventors--Connecticut--New Haven, Public Utilities--Connecticut--New Haven, Yale University--Sheffield Scientific School

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Fulton produced the steamboat. Though inventors were to be found in every state, New...Yankee notions, became nationally famous. Gadgets of tin and wood of bewildering...irreverent outlanders view of the New England inventor when he described in 1836 a certain...said Crockett. "His father was the inventor of wooden nutmegs, by which Job said...
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Connecticut Inventors

Book by Joseph Wickham Roe; Yale University Press, 1934

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Connecticut--Biography, Inventions, Inventors--Connecticut

Collections: History, Entire Library

...years later. Root was a mechanic and inventor of high order, but his work went into...Mason, and many others scarcely less famous. Few superintendents have raised such...Lawrence, an able but little known inventor, came from Windsor, Vermont, and introduced...
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Black Stars: African American Women Scientists and Inventors

Book by Otha Richard Sullivan; John Wiley & Sons, 2002

Subjects:

African American Inventors--Biography, African American Scientists--Biography, African American Women

Collections: History, Entire Library

...women across history, the early black women discoverers and inventors commonly used their talents in the home. Creativity and...contributions include the test for explosives by chemist and inventor Betty Harris, Ph.D.; sickle cell anemia research by...major universities or corporations. Some of the women are famous and others are little known outside their field of endeavor...

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Journal Articles on: famous inventor

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The Education of an Inventor

Journal article by John F. Taplin; Daedalus, Vol. 125, 1996

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Entrepreneurship--Personal narratives, Inventors--Personal narratives

Collections: Education, Entire Library

The education of an inventor by John F. Taplin I AM ALWAYS AMUSED...is uncovering natures secrets. An inventor may modify something and reshuffle...booklets. My ambition was always to be an inventor and my uncle constantly challenged...
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An Inventor's Personal Principles of Innovation

Journal article by Paul D. Trokhan; Research Technology Management, Vol. 50, 2007

Subjects:

Career development planning, Guidelines, Innovations, Inventors, Principles, Research & development--R&D, Success factors, United States

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An Inventors Personal Principles of Innovation by Paul...bolt hits you. Although I am a named inventor on approximately 200 U.S. patents...mathematical algorithms, Bach, who was famous for his eight-note canons, and Escher...
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Historical Influences on French Inventors of Recorded Sound, 1857-1914

Journal article by William H. Kenney; ARSC Journal, Vol. 42, 2011

Subjects:

Acoustic equipment--History, Cros, Charles--Works, Edison, Thomas--Works, Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871--Political aspects, Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871--Social aspects, French history--Political aspects, French history--Social aspects, Inventions--History, Paris Commune, 1871--Political aspects, Paris Commune, 1871--Social aspects, Phonographs--History, Scott de Martinville, Edouard Leon--Works

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Historical Influences on French Inventors of Recorded Sound, 1857...1879), Frances pioneering inventor of the "Phonautographe...difficult the life of a poor inventor must be, whether in assuring...painful career, useful to inventors in chemistry and physics...acoustical science and the inventor of innovative and beautiful...Sardou (1831-1908), the famous scientist Louis Pasteur...
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The Making of a Nuclear Engineer, Inventor, and Black: Film Historian: Dr. Henry Thomas Sampson, Jr

Journal article by Henry Thomas Sampson Jr., Laura H. Young-Sampson; The Journal of African American History, Vol. 94, 2009

Subjects:

Engineering schools, Engineers--Achievements and awards, Historians--Achievements and awards, United States. Air Force

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Making of a Nuclear Engineer, Inventor, and Black: Film Historian...Washington Carver Renaissance Inventors Award." In my acceptance...and my achievements as an inventor, engineer, researcher, and...internationally known theologian, famous for his Tuesday morning chapel...
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Positively Punitive: How the Inventor of Scientific Criminology Who Died at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century Continues to Haunt American Crime Control at the Beginning of the Twenty-first

Journal article by Jonathan Simon; Texas Law Review, Vol. 84, 2006

Subjects:

Crime prevention, Criminal law, Lombroso, Cesare, Scientists, Social policy, United States

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Positively Punitive: How the Inventor of Scientific Criminology Who Died at...disorder that became a hallmark of the famous Chicago School of Sociology, starting...against critics.76 Lombroso was most famous for the idea that many criminals were...

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Magazine Articles on: famous inventor

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Copies in Seconds: How a Lone Inventor and an Unknown Company Created the Biggest Communication Breakthrough since Gutenberg-Chester Carlson and the Birth of the Xerox Machine

Magazine article by Joanna Scott; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 28, Autumn 2004

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Books--Book reviews, Copies in Seconds: How a Lone Inventor and an Unknown Company Created the Biggest Communication Breakthrough since Gutenberg--Chester Carlson and the Birth of the Xerox Machine (Book)--Book reviews

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Copies in Seconds: How a Lone Inventor and an Unknown Company Created...COPIES IN SECONDS: How a Lone Inventor and an Unknown Company Created...room, imagining his future as a famous inventor. Over the next couple of years...
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Let's Go Online with Inventions and Inventors

Magazine article by Patrick Foster; Children's Engineering and Technology, Vol. 6, May 2002

Subjects:

Educational materials, Inventions, Inventors, Web sites

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Inventors, etc. The Women Inventors site, for example, features...photo or painting of the inventor. By contrast, the Transportation...people I didnt know were inventors: Steve McQueen and Abraham...take you to the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Akron...information about almost any famous inventor you can name. Its an exceptionally...
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Wind-Up Merchant: Trevor Baylis Is Britain's Most Celebrated Inventor. His Revolutionary Radio Has Brought the outside World to People of Developing Countries

Magazine article by Chris Amodeo; Geographical, Vol. 74, May 2002

Subjects:

Baylis, Trevor--Interviews, Inventors--Interviews, Portable radios--Innovations

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...enable other inventors to have their...the independent inventor. "Id like to be the lone inventors champion." His...name three women inventors -- you cant...Britains most famous living inventor, Trevor Baylis...
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Black Inventors

Magazine article; The New Crisis, Vol. 106, January 1999

Subjects:

Banneker, Benjamin (1731-1806), Black history, Carver, George Washington, Drew, Charles Richard (1904-50), Inventors, Personal profiles

Collections: History, Entire Library

Black Inventors Throughout the American experience...of great pioneers are black inventors and scientists, whose ingenious...lubricated, is for whom the famous phrase, "the Real McCoy" was coined. The black inventor was born in 1844 in Colchester...he found his niche as an inventor, innovator and entrepreneur...
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Why Didn't I Think of That? Many of Today's Seemingly Simplistic 'Necessities' Were Once Just Budding Ideas in the Minds of Inventors Who Recognized a Good Opportunity When They Saw One

Magazine article by Brandon Spun; Insight on the News, Vol. 18, April 29, 2002

Subjects:

Inventions--History, Inventors--Conduct of life, Products--Innovations

Collections: History, Entire Library

...3643474, making him the inventor of Luggage-on-Wheels...which made millions for their inventors, include Kitty-Litter...some cotton. One of the most famous staples of offices everywhere...in money for its European inventor, but as he grew older his...fashion. But a glance at any inventors magazine or invention-dedicated...

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Newspaper Articles on: famous inventor

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The Day I Turned Down a Famous Inventor; LETTERS

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 25, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

The Day I Turned Down a Famous Inventor; LETTERS. IN 1966, when I was about 30, I moved to Nassau in the Bahamas after things had gone a little wrong for me at home...
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Philippine Doctors and World-Class Inventor Awarded for Innovative Topical Cream to Treat Skin Cancer

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, January 5, 2008

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Cancer treatment, Cancer--Care and treatment, Dermatologic agents, Dermatology--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...doctors in partnership with a famous inventor and won the top prize during...medals from the Archimedes Inventors show in Moscow in 2005 and the International Inventors Forum in Nuremberg, Germany...the Diamond and Overall Inventors Awards for 2006 at the British...Horacio Estradato, and inventor Rolando de la Cruz to formulate...
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Inventor Helped Many

Newspaper article; Daily Examiner (Grafton, Australia), August 22, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Inventor Helped Many. Byline...dailyexaminer.com.au A WORLD-famous Grafton inventor died this week after battling...Engineering in 1980 but as an inventor was probably best known...television program The New Inventors about taking his bathroom...
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Get Britain Behind Our Bright Sparks; It Took Trevor Baylis Nearly Two Years to Find Someone Willing to Take His Idea for the Wind-Up Radio Seriously, but It Eventually Made Him a Household Name. He Talks to JOHN HILL about the Need to Take Inventors Seriously, and What Britain Should Do to Protect Them

Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), January 26, 2012

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...dont just want to see our inventors ripped off on primetime...to stand behind the lone inventor and give them a safe haven...if you said you were an inventor, people used to look at...That has to stop. Were all inventors. So what if its crazy...The Science of... event FAMOUS NAME Inventor Trevor Baylis OBE, left...
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A Dastardly Tale of Stolen Ideas. or Just Acase of Crossed Wires? HOLDING THE LINE: Bell Is Still Seen as the Telephones Inventor

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), January 27, 2008

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Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Still Seen as the Telephones Inventor. Byline: Noel Young HIS...as one of Scotlands most famous sons. But now Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, stands...Hubbard. Suddenly, the inventor tried a different tack with...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: famous inventor

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Camborne-Redruth

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Mining is in Camborne. John Wesley preached to outdoor gatherings near the present mines, and the area is also famous for the inventor Richard Trevithick , who devised (1800) the high-pressure steam engine. At the summit of Carn Brea hill are...
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Archimedes

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...212 b.c., Greek mathematician, physicist, and inventor. He is famous for his work in geometry (on the circle, sphere...known, but tradition has made at least two stories famous. In one story, he was asked by Hiero II to determine...
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Magic , in Entertainment

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...of Natural Magic") became famous for his use of complicated...of the North." Among the famous stage magicians of the later...Nevil Maskelyne (1839 1917), inventor of the magic play and the box...a woman in half; world-famous escape artist Harry Houdini...
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Stevens

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

STEVENS family of U.S. inventors. John Stevens, 1749 1838, b. New...J., was a mechanical engineer and inventor. He made numerous improvements in the...Amboy RR and imported from England the famous locomotive John Bull, now exhibited...New York City to Philadelphia, as the inventor of the Stevens plow, and as a pioneer...
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Morse, Samuel Finley Breese

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...SAMUEL FINLEY BREESE 1791 1872, American inventor and artist, b. Charlestown, Mass...had already been anticipated by other inventors, especially in Great Britain, Germany...France, that Morses originality as the inventor of telegraphy has been questioned...of his instrument by transmitting the famous message "What hath God wrought" over...

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