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Inventors and Inventions
Discover Why Famous Inventors Are Famous
Interrogate the famous and not-so-famous inventors of antiquity to the present day.
- Discover who invented what and when.
- Find what you need for a school assignment.
- Read about what came before and after.
- Download drawings, photos and diagrams.
Note: Visitors inside the library, use this link.
Get Started
Let our expert Katie show you how in this video tutorial.
"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.” - Thomas A. Edison
What You Get
- Biographies of famous and not-so-famous inventors
- Descriptions of inventions from early prototypes to current variations
- Images, drawings, photographs and diagrams
- Suggested books and websites
- Glossary of terms
- and more...
What You Need
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- Biography Reference Bank
- CultureGrams
- eLibrary
- Gale In Context: Elementary
- Inventors and Inventions
- Issues & Controversies
- LearningExpress Library
- Oxford Research Encyclopedias
- Points of View Reference Center
- Science Reference Center
- SIRS Knowledge Source
- Tutor.com
- Very Short Introductions
- World Book Encyclopedia
- World Trade Press
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