Inventions
| Famous Inventors/Inventions | Some Individual Noted Inventors | African-American Inventors | Miscellaneous Inventions | Nobel Prize Winners | Resources for Inventors Today (Natl. Congress of Inventor Orgs.) | Patents | Computer History |
Famous Inventors/Inventions
| By Name | By Invention |
If You Know the Name of the Inventor
  • Hall Inventors by name
  • Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention & Innovation (Smithsonian)
  • Inventor Profiles (Great Idea Finder)
  • 20th Century People & Discoveries (by name of inventor)[PBS: A Science Odyssey]
  • Exploring the History of Women Inventors (Smithsonian)
  • Famous Women Inventors
  • Invention Dimension (archives by inventor) [MIT]

    Some Individual Noted Inventors

  • Leonardo da Vinci | Thomas Edison | Igor Sikorsky | Benjamin Franklin |
  • Wilbur & Orville Wright | Wright Brothers (NASA) | Centennial of Flight.gov |
    If You Know What was Invented
  • National Inventors Hall of Fame Index of Inventions
  • About.com (by invention)
  • Technology Timeline (By Invention) | Forgotten Inventors (By invention)[PBS American Experience] |
  • 20th Century Discoveries/Inventions (by name of invention/discovery)[PBS: A Science Odyssey]
  • Topics (Smithsonian)
  • Invention Dimension (archives by invention)[MIT]
  • History of Invention (by invention)[Canadian site]
  • Inventions & Technology (Renaissance time period)
    African-American Inventors
    By Name | By Invention |
    If You Know the Name of the Inventor
  • The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences (By name of scientist/inventor)
  • BlackInventor.com | Black Inventors A-Z | Inventions | More Inventors |
  • Black Inventions | Black Inventors & Their Inventions |
  • African American Women Inventors
  • African American Inventors | African American Inventors with 5 (or more) patents |
  • Black Inventors 1871-1900 | George Washington Carver |
    If You Know What was Invented
  • Black Inventors & Their Inventions | More Black Inventors & Their Inventions |
  • Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences
  • African American Inventors | Did You Know? |
  • Real McCoy: African-American Invention & Innovation, 1619-1930 (Smithsonian Institution)
    Miscellaneous Inventions
  • Tribute to Bell System (History of Ma Bell)
  • Telephone, Television, & New York Underground
  • Inventors & Innovation (Smithsonian Institution)
  • Ronald J. Riley's Inventor Resources
  • Inventors (About.com)
  • Invention Dimension (MIT)
  • History of Invention (Note: This is a Canadian site)

    Patents

  • U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Online
  • Inventors Assistance Center (USPTO)
  • Inventor Archive (MIT)
  • Kelley Center for Government Information, Data & Geospatial Services | Kelley Center at Rice is one of the Patent and Trademark Resource Centers (PTRCs) |
  • Patent Searching Guide (Rice Univ. Kelley Center)
  • NOTE: The Kelley is part of the Fondren Library, Rice Univ.'s main academic library
  • Houston Inventors Association
    Nobel Prize Winners
  • Nobel Prize Winners
    Computer History
  • Virtual Museum of Computing
  • Triumph of the Nerds (PBS Online)[History of Computers]
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