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The Invention of the Steam Engine

For Students 9th - 10th
In short, readable paragraphs, students can easily follow the history of the invention of the steam engine.
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University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Hero(n) of Alexandria

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the life of Hero of Alexandria and discusses Hero's contribution to the development of the steam engine. Text is the actual radio transcript of a syndicated radio broadcast on invention and ingenuity.
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University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Steam Engines in England

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting historical account of the development of the steam engine. Provides pictures of the earliest of steam engines.
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University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Fulton's Submarine

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the technological and political conditions which led to Robert Fulton's invention and development of the submarine. Includes some biographical information and some graphics of early submarine sketches. (Text is the actual radio...
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University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Inventing the Riverboat

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of Robert Fulton's and Henry Shreve's contribution to the evolution of the steamboat. Includes photos of early steamboats and some biographical information on Fulton. (Text is the actual radio transcript of a syndicated...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Benjamin Bradley

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about inventor and African-American slave, Benjamin Bradley, developer of a steam engine large enough to run the first steam-powered warship.