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| Below are examples
of invention and inventor web sites. For help in evaluating the
information contained in any web site, refer to
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Criteria for Judging Web sites. |
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| World Wide Web search strategies |
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YAHOO,
as well as searching directly. For example, in Yahoo.com, select:
Science --> Engineering
--> Engineers and inventors |
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| Use a natural language search search engine such as
Ask
Jeeves. For example, "Who invented the
elevator?" |
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| Visit the web sites of Science and Technology
Museums. |
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| Here are some Web sites that may
be useful: |
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United States
Patent and Trademark Office kid's pages for 6th though 12th grade. |
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List of invention links selected by
Smithsonian Institution curators. |
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Multimedia web site from the United Kingdom,
covering the Wright Brothers development of heavier-than-air flying
machines. |
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Philadelphia, PA, based science museum named
for Benjamin Franklin. Click on the building to enter, or try a
search for your invention or inventor. |
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Web site from the
National Academy of Engineering listing their picks as the top 20
engineering achievements of the 20th century. |
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Chronicles the life of Henry Ford and other
inventors and their inventions. |
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Check out the super categories and the top 10
articles in the frame on the left. |
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Contains links to
"Inventing Modern America" web site and to invention related
links and resources. |
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Also sponsored by the Smithsonian
Institution. Search by inventor, etc. |
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Megalist of
websites and articles from About.com |
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From Smith College's History of Science
Museum, this web site "digs" up some older inventions. |
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A searchable
database of inventors inducted into the hall of fame or browse by inventor,
invention, induction date or decade. |
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MIT magazine
covering emerging technologies and their impact. |
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A virtual museum covering the invention of
the Airplane, web site also contains links to "inventors
gallery" and the U.S. Patent Office. |
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