StepByStep Index

The History of Theme Park Inventions
The history behind circus, theme park, and carnival inventions including roller coasters, carousels, ferris wheels, trampoline and more.

Lesson Plan - Build a Submarine
Lesson plan on how to build your own submarine simulation.

Inventions Using Nanotechnolgy
Nanotechnology is changing every industrial sector - view nanotechnology inventions.

Physics Illustrations
View a Slinky in motion - Richard and Betty James invented the slinky.

How to Make a Kaleidoscope
Plans to make a kaleidoscope from easy to find materials

Ferdinand von Zeppelin
Ferdinand von Zeppelin was the German military officer who developed the rigid dirigible a lighter-than-air vehicle - the zeppelin.

History of Airships and Balloons
The history of dirigibles - airships - zeppelins - blimps and balloon flight.

Patents Belonging To Lewis Howard Latimer
Lewis Howard Latimer invented a water closet for railroad cars an electric lamp and a threaded wooden socket for light bulbs.

Granville Woods - Patents & Photos
Photos of the inventions of Granville Woods.

The Patent Drawings of Garrett Augustus Morgan
Garrett Augustus Morgan - Cleveland inventor and businessman who invented a device called the Morgan safety hood and smoke protector aka gas mask.

Patent Searching For New Inventors - Searching By Patent Number
How to find a patent by searching by a patent number.

History of Football - Photos
Photos and old patents from the history of Football

NIST-F1 Cesium Fountain Atomic Clock
The US primary time and frequency standard is a cesium fountain atomic clock developed at the NIST laboratories.

The History of the Spork
A spork is a blend of a spoon and a fork also called the runcible spoon.

Jack Johnson - Patent Drawings For A Wrench
Jack Johnson patent for a wrench

Industrial Revolution - Pictures From The Industrial Revolution
Photos and pictures of the Industrial Revolution

Alexander Graham Bell - First Telephone Patent
See the original patent for the telephone issued to Alexander Graham Bell.

Patented - Halloween Costumes
Crazy and wild halloween costumes - ideas so good they were patented

Easter Bunny Designs
See amazing inventions patented in service of Easter - weird Easter bunny patents.

History of the Parachute
The history of parachutes dates back to medieval days.

History of Swimsuits
The first swimsuits consisted of bloomers and black stockings

Photo Gallery - Gramophone & Emile Berliner
Picture of Emile Berliner gramophone

How a Laser Works
Lasers are possible because of the way light interacts with electrons.

Kid Inventions
Kid inventions - a showcase of kid inventions

Kid Inventions - Inventions for School
Young inventors and their school inventions - safety fingerprint gun - peace chip - ocean city - cleaner-up - tree planting machine - oil-sucker-upper - universal recycling machine.