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Inventor Profiles: Alexander Winton
Invent Now | Hall of Fame | Search | Inventor Profile Alexander Winton Born June 20 1860 – Died June 21 1932) Patent No. 582,108 Explosive-Engine Inducted 2006 One of the most skillful and insightful automobile pioneers of his time, Alexander Winton was one of the first Americans...
Inventor Profiles: Benjamin Holt
Invent Now | Hall of Fame | Search | Inventor Profile Benjamin Holt Born 1849 – Died December 5 1920 Traction-Engine Patent No. 874,008 Inducted 2006 Benjamin Holt set about a way to aid farmers whose heavy equipment sank in soft, muddy soil. Finding wheels ineffective, Holt desig...
Inventor Profiles: Lester Pelton
Invent Now | Hall of Fame | Search | Inventor Profile Lester Allen Pelton Born September 5 1829 – Died March 14 1908 Water-Wheel Patent No. 233,692 Inducted 2006 One of the fathers of hydroelectric power, Lester Pelton invented the first water wheel to take advantage of the kineti...
Inventor Profiles: Thomas R. Pickering
Invent Now | Hall of Fame | Search | Inventor Profile | Thomas R. Pickering Thomas R. Pickering Born 1831 - February 21, 1895 Improved Velocipede Patent #: 88,507 Inducted 2007 Thomas Pickering’s inventive genius allowed him to make significant engineering advancements. He is mos...
Inventor Profiles: Harold McMaster
Invent Now | Hall of Fame | Search | Inventor Profile | Harold McMaster Harold McMaster Born July 20, 1916 - Died August 25, 2003 Tempered Glass Patent #: 3,994,711 Inducted 2008 Harold McMaster achieved the centuries-old goal of producing high-quality strengthened, or tempered, gla...
Inventor Profiles: Oliver Joseph Lodge
Invent Now | Hall of Fame | Search | Inventor Profile | Oliver Joseph Lodge Oliver Joseph Lodge Born June 12, 1851 – August 22, 1940 Electric Telegraphy Patent #: 605,154 Inducted 2007 Physicist Oliver Lodge made several important technological contributions, most notably his adva...
Inventor Profiles: Herbert Henry Dow
Invent Now | Hall of Fame | Search | Inventor Profile Herbert Henry Dow Born Feb 26 1866 - Died Oct 16 1930 Process of Extracting Bromine Bromine Extraction Patent Number(s) re. 11,232 Inducted 1983 Herbert Henry Dow, founder of the Dow Chemical Company
Introduction to the Internet
Search Engines Electronic Mail - Netiquette What is the Internet? Quite simply, the Internet is an international community of people who share information, interact, and communicate via a network of computers around the globe that store and transfer information from one computer to...
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