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Inventor Profiles: Frederick Ellsworth Sickels
Invent Now | Hall of Fame | Search | Inventor Profile | Frederick Ellsworth Sickels Frederick Ellsworth Sickels Born September 20, 1819 – March 8, 1895 Valve for Steam-Engines Patent #: 424,581 Inducted 2007 Frederick Ellsworth Sickels is considered one of the pioneers of s...
Inventor Profiles: George Corliss
Invent Now | Hall of Fame | Search | Inventor Profile George Henry Corliss Born June 2 1817 - Died February 21 1888Improvement in Valve Gears for Steam-Engines Improvement in Governors for Air-Pump Engines Patent No. 177,377 Inducted 2006 George Corliss’ innovations...
Inventor Profiles: Gottleib Daimler
Invent Now | Hall of Fame | Search | Inventor Profile Gottlieb Daimler Born March 17 1834 - Died March 6 1900 Improvement in Gas-Motor Engines Patent No. 141,987 Inducted 2006 In 1885, Gottlieb Daimler, with the help of Wilhelm Maybach, developed the forerunner of the modern...
Inventor Profiles: Elijah McCoy
Invent Now | Hall of Fame | Search | Inventor Profile Elijah McCoy Born May 2 1844 - Died Oct 10 1929 Improvement in Lubricators for Steam-Engines Automatic Engine Lubricator Patent Number(s) 129,843 Inducted 2001 Elijah McCoy received his first...
Lost Cities of the South
skills and is based on the PBS program "Wonders of the African World." Lesson Objectives Students will use their Internet searching skills to find information about South Africa and Zimbabwe. Student will understand the differences between different search engines. Stu...
Inventor Profiles: Wilhelm Maybach
Invent Now | Hall of Fame | Search | Inventor Profile | Wilhelm Maybach Wilhelm Maybach Born February 9, 1846 – December 29, 1929 Explosion and Combustion Motor; Apparatus for Cooling Liquids Employed in Motors and Compressors Patent #: 668,111; 499,302 Inducted 2007 As an indus...
Inventor Profiles: Oliver Evans
Invent Now | Hall of Fame | Search | Inventor Profile Oliver Evans Born Sep 13 1755 - Died May 13 1819 High Pressure Steam Engine Steam Engine Patent Number(s) {PATENT_NUMBER} Inducted 2001 Invention Impact
Lost Liners Scavenger Hunt
Internet in for facts and information. Based on the PBS program Lost Liners, this activity is devised to help students learn about 4 different types of search engines and practice their Internet searching skills. Objectives Estimated Time Necessary Materials Relevant National Stan...
 Smithsonian: Building Up, Breaking Down
RESOURCES BOOK Cvancara, Alan M. A Field Manual for the Amateur Geologist: Tools and Activities for Exploring Our Planet.Wiley and Sons, 1995. CURRICULUM PACKET Vermont Old Cemetery Association. Stones & Bones: Using Tombstones as Textbooks. An order form is on the Web at ELECTRONIC RESOURCES Ag...
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RESOURCES BOOK Cvancara, Alan M. A Field Manual for the Amateur Geologist: Tools and Activities for Exploring Our Planet.Wiley and Sons, 1995. CURRICULUM PACKET Vermont Old Cemetery Association. Stones & Bones: Using Tombstones as Textbooks. An order form is on the Web at ELECTRONIC RESOURCES Again, the GraveNet project is at The Newton’s Apple teacher’s guide has material on acid rain at Try additional Internet searches using the key words gravestone and weathering. Some kid-friendly search engines are
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RESOURCES BOOK Cvancara, Alan M. A Field Manual for the Amateur Geologist: Tools and Activities for Exploring Our Planet.Wiley and Sons, 1995. CURRICULUM PACKET Vermont Old Cemetery Association. Stones & Bones: Using Tombstones as Textbooks. An order form is on the Web at ELECTRONIC RESOURCES Again, the GraveNet project is at The Newton’s Apple teacher’s guide has material on acid rain at Try additional Internet searches using the key words gravestone and weathering. Some kid-friendly <span class="highlight">search</span> <span class="highlight">engines</span> are
Inventor Profiles: Matthias Baldwin
Invent Now | Hall of Fame | Search | Inventor Profile Matthias Baldwin Born Nov 10 1795 - Died Sep 7 1886 Steam Locomotive Patent Number(s) 8,401x Inducted 2005 Matthias Baldwin built America's first great locomotive. The nation's first train passengers rode behind Baldwin's engi...
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