Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Ted Wolff Von Selzam
This biography highlights a developer of gluten-free and wheat-free foods, Ted Wolff von Selzam.
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Norbert Berkowitz
The transportation of coal through a pipeline was developed by Norbert Berkowitz. His biography and discovery are highlighted on this site by the Heritage Community Foundation.
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Vladimir Mackiw
Learn about Vladimir Mackiw's work in metallurgy development and his effects on Canadian mining.
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Reg Hunt
Read about Reg Hunt and the first powered flight in Alberta.
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Orville Newton Gilbert
Learn about Orville Gilbert's "Harvester-Stacker" which is an alternative to the traditional method of harvesting wheat which increases productivity.
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Max Bradshaw
Learn about Max Bradshaw and his creation of the "Bale Booster and Stacker" that was a part of the mechanization of farming in Alberta.
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Frank Van Slyke
Read about Frank Van Slyke and the "Van Slyke plough" which was very influential in the Red Deer area.
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: John Toogood
Learn about John Toogood, one of the most prominent and influential soil scientists in all of North America, and his contribution to agriculture.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Thomas Edison
A good description of the inventions and life of this bright and ambitious man. As inventor of the light bulb, phonograph, movie camera and many others, Edison lived a very inspiring life. In Spanish.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Thomas Alva Edison
A biography of Thomas Edison, the "confused" young student who ended up being one of the greatest inventors in history. Offers a brief list of his many important inventions.
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Wasyl Kunda
Read Wasyl Kunda's biography and learn about and his efforts in hydrometallurgy.
US National Archives
Nara: Teaching With Documents: Telephone and Light Patent Drawings
A lesson plan about Alexander Graham Bell's patent for the telephone and Thomas Edison's patent for the electric lamp. Contains good background information and historically pertinent documents. It also discusses the role corporations...
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Eli Whitney/cotton Gin
A collection of websites on Eli Whitney and his invention, the cotton gin.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Technology of the 1800s
[Free Registration/Login Required] Article considers the inventions and innovations in communication, transportation, and manufacturing that drove America forward in the nineteenth century. Includes a link to an interactive history of...
Curated OER
National Park Service: Thomas Edison National Historical Park: Thomas Edison
This site includes information about Thomas Edison's inventions and his home and family life. Find a lengthy biography and several sounds from Edison's original phonograph.
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame: Elisha Graves Otis
Brief article about Otis, the developer of the electric elevator brake which made skyscraper construction so practical.
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Rube Goldberg
Get a look into the life of the wacky machine inventor Rube Goldberg. Includes a terrific biography, a gallery of his cartoon inventions, and a link to The Rube Goldberg Machine Contest.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: The Telephone
The home page to the PBS feature film on the invention of the telephone. The People and Events section has biographies and commentary on the invention of the telephone and its subsequent success. Be sure to click on Gallery for pictures...
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Crookes Tube 1870
English chemist Sir William Crookes (1832 - 1919) invented the Crookes tube to study gases, which fascinated him. His work also paved the way for the revolutionary discovery of the electron and the invention of X-ray machines.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How the Bendy Straw Was Invented
In the twelfth installment of our 'Moments of Vision' series, Jessica Oreck shares the origins of the bendy straw.
Other
Utah History to Go: Philo T. Farnsworth's Invention
The state of Utah provides us with biographical information on Philo T. Farnsworth who developed an idea for an "image dissector" in high school thus becoming the first to conceive of the basic technology of television.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: People and Events: Alexander Graham Bell
This PBS American Experience page provides a biographical survey of Alexander Graham Bell's life and inventions.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Edmund Cartwright
Edmund Cartwright is featured in this brief biography for automating the textile industry with a power loom.
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