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    • Quotes about Television Created: Sunday, September 29, 2013 Updated: Sunday, September 29, 2013
      Television is one invention that we find in nearly every household, learn the whimisical, insulting, funny, and absurds quotes about television.
    • Henry Ford Quotes Created: Friday, September 27, 2013 Updated: Friday, September 27, 2013
      Quotes of Henry Ford, the inventor of the model T Ford automobile and the first assembly line used for automobile manufacturing. Henry Ford was a businessman who revolutionized the manufacturing in...
    • Famous Quotes of the Wright Brothers Created: Thursday, May 30, 2013 Updated: Thursday, September 26, 2013
      Famous Quotes of the Wright Brothers inventors of the airplane that achieved manned flight.
    • Galileo Galilei Quotes Created: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 Updated: Thursday, September 26, 2013
      Quotes from the father of the scientific revolution, Italian inventor and astronomer Galileo Galilei.
    • Benjamin Franklin Quotes Created: Saturday, June 29, 2013 Updated: Thursday, September 26, 2013
      Famous American statesman, scientist, and inventor, Benjamin Franklin was also famous for his many proverbs.
    • Leonardo Da Vinci Quotes Created: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 Updated: Thursday, September 26, 2013
      Leonardo Da Vinci was both a talented artist and a talented inventor, hear inspirational quotes from a master.
    • Quotes of Nikola Tesla Created: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 Updated: Thursday, September 26, 2013
      Quotes made by Nikola Tesla about his inventions and his philosophy of the future. Tesla is the most underrated inventor of our times, who only of late is receiving the praise and recognition that ...
    • Quotes of Alexander Graham Bell Created: Friday, August 30, 2013 Updated: Thursday, September 26, 2013
      Alexander Graham Bell invented the first practical telephone and is best known for his quote, which was the first voice transimission over the newly invented telephone, Bell is quotes as saying, "M...
    • The History of the Zipper Created: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
      The humble zipper is just a few inches of interlocking metal teeth that has changed the way we dress forever. Learn how the humble zipper earned its name and who invented it. You will not believe w...
    • Famous Inventors : A to Z Created: Friday, January 11, 2008 Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
      Biographies of famous inventors - what they invented for the world.
    • Famous Inventors A to Z Created: Sunday, December 09, 2007 Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
      History and biographies of famous inventors with background information and patents on each invention - sp inventers
    • Isaac Newton and the Invention of the Telescope Created: Thursday, September 22, 2005 Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
      Astronomer and scientist Isaac Newton invented the reflecting telescope in 1668. And from his observations of the skies with his new invention Isaac Newton was able to form new theories about the m...
    • History of the Thermometer Created: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
      Swedish astronomer, Anders Celsius invented the centigrade scale and thermometer.
    • 17th Century Timeline 1600 - 1699 Created: Saturday, November 15, 2008 Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
      During the 17th century major changes in philosophy and science took place - often characterised as a scientific revolution.
    • History of Photography and the Camera Created: Sunday, February 01, 2009 Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
      The complete history of photography a word derived from the Greek words for light and writing first used by Sir John Herschel in 1839.
    • Top Books on the History of Cars Created: Friday, June 15, 2007 Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
      The history of cars is one topic that appeals to many different types of readers
    • The History of Glass Created: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
      Glass is thought to have been invented around 3000 BC during the bronze age
    • The History of Xerox Created: Monday, June 26, 2006 Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
      Chester Carlson was the inventor of the photocopier and electrophotography - a Xerox
    • Sun Energy - Photovoltics and Photovoltaic Systems Created: Thursday, June 16, 2005 Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
      Photovoltaic systems convert light energy into electricity.
    • Future Technology Created: Friday, June 15, 2007 Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
      The top inventions that will make future technology a reality. Lets take a critical eye at what is needed to make the world a better place.
    • Grace Murray Hopper Created: Sunday, April 03, 2005 Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
      Biography and achievements of Grace Murray Hopper
    • History of the Atomic Bomb & The Manhattan Project Created: Saturday, August 18, 2007 Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
      Albert Einstein and other scientists told Roosevelt of Nazi Germany efforts to build an atomic bomb - the United States Government began the Manhattan Project that produced the first atomic bomb.
    • Part Two: FORTRAN The Early “Turning Point” Created: Thursday, September 23, 2004 Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
      GoTo - a book by Steve Lohr on the history of software and software programmers
    • Television History - Cathode Ray Tube Created: Monday, October 20, 2008 Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
      German Karl Ferdinand Braun invented the cathode ray tube oscilloscope in 1897 - Electronic television is based on the development of the cathode ray tube which is the picture tube found in modern ...
    • Alexander Graham Bell - Biography Created: Thursday, September 22, 2005 Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
      In 1876 at the age of 29 Alexander Graham Bell invented a phone and a year later he started the Bell telephone company.
    • The History of Leap Year Created: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
      Julius Caesar was behind the origins of a leap year to lallow the established Roman yearly calendar keep pace with the actual rotation of the earth around the sun, since they were not actualy in sy...
    • History of the Plow Created: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
      The farmers of George Washington's day had no better tools than had the farmers of Julius Caesar's day - in fact - Roman ploughs were superior to those in general use in America eighteen centuries ...
    • Famous Inventions : A to Z Created: Sunday, January 27, 2008 Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
      Which inventor made what famous invention - patent histories on famous inventions.
    • The History of Printing and Printing Processes Created: Monday, June 26, 2006 Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
      Without printed matter how would civilization have evolved, the spoken tradition would only have taken us so far? Learn the history of the printing press, press type, typecasting machines, sterotyp...
    • February Calendar Created: Saturday, January 30, 2010 Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
      The month of February calendar of famous inventions patents and trademarks. Plus famous February birthdays
    • 19th Century Timeline Created: Friday, November 14, 2008 Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
      Learn about the famous inventions of the 19th Century, a period of rapid technological progress that took place during the 1800s, when many of the inventions we still use or know about today were f...
    • History of Gasoline Created: Monday, September 05, 2005 Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
      The numerous processes and agents invented to improve the quality of gasoline.

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