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By Mary Bellis, About.com Guide since 1997

    Updated Articles and Resources

    • Emile Berliner Gramophone Created: 2005-04-04 @ 15:12:27 EDT Updated: 2012-02-15 @ 14:33:47 EST
      Picture of Emile Berliner gramophone
    • Viagra - The Patenting of an Aphrodisiac Created: 2007-02-11 @ 20:32:02 EST Updated: 2012-02-12 @ 06:42:53 EST
      To the inventors of of Viagra life might seem cruel - but they are paid to work for the company and the company owns their inventions.
    • History of the Clarinet Created: 2004-12-09 @ 18:10:24 EST Updated: 2012-02-04 @ 23:39:04 EST
      Johann Christoph Denner invented the clarinet in 1690.
    • Arthur Wynne - History of Crossword Puzzles Created: 2006-04-10 @ 18:11:38 EDT Updated: 2012-01-31 @ 17:27:52 EST
      Arthur Wynne invented the first crossword puzzle for a newspaper called the New York World,
    • First Crossword Puzzle Created: 2012-01-29 @ 02:15:00 EST Updated: 2012-01-29 @ 02:34:03 EST
      Arthur Wynne invented the first crossword puzzle for a newspaper called the New York World.
    • Photo Gallery - Famous Toy & Patents Created: 2006-11-17 @ 08:05:25 EST Updated: 2012-01-29 @ 02:34:03 EST
      Photo gallery of famous toys and patents.
    • Black Inventors A-Z Created: 2007-02-28 @ 10:03:25 EST Updated: 2012-01-27 @ 15:09:50 EST
      Black inventors the biographes - inventions and photos of inventors from George Edward Alcorn to Granvile Woods.
    • Black History Month - The Origins of Black History Month Created: 2010-02-02 @ 21:36:17 EST Updated: 2012-01-27 @ 11:49:49 EST
      What we now call Black History Month originated in 1926, founded by Carter G Woodson as Negro History Week.
    • DeWayne McCulley Created: 2012-01-25 @ 04:00:58 EST Updated: 2012-01-27 @ 02:35:54 EST
      Inventor DeWayne McCulley led the research to create DocuTech software for Xerox, however, it is his research into Diabetes and how his job at Xerox encouraged him that is the amazing story.
    • February is Black History Month - Black History Created: 2007-01-05 @ 12:50:31 EST Updated: 2012-01-25 @ 05:04:45 EST
      African Americans inventors invented many of the inventions we use everyday.
    • Tom Bray Created: 2012-01-24 @ 23:41:19 EST Updated: 2012-01-25 @ 03:42:41 EST
      Inventor Tom Bray's inventions are used in the passenger rail mass transit industry.
    • Black History Month - African American Inventors - Black History Created: 2006-02-03 @ 21:53:34 EST Updated: 2012-01-24 @ 23:47:01 EST
      African American inventors - black history month biographies
    • History of Mathematics Created: 2012-01-14 @ 03:04:10 EST Updated: 2012-01-24 @ 22:32:04 EST
      Learn about the history of math and the inventions associated with mathematics.
    • Early History of Flight - Kites - Hot Air Balloons - Early Gliders Created: 2005-09-22 @ 19:51:49 EDT Updated: 2012-01-22 @ 21:42:47 EST
      Early history of flight - the discovery of the kite that could fly in the air by the Chinese started humans thinking about flying.
    • Alexander Miles - The Improved Elevator of Alexander Miles Created: 2005-09-25 @ 12:53:57 EDT Updated: 2012-01-22 @ 21:42:08 EST
      Alexander Miles invented an improved elevator.: elevator elisha elisha otis alexander miles elevator shaft history of the elevator
    • The History of the Odometer Created: 2004-08-10 @ 23:43:39 EDT Updated: 2012-01-22 @ 21:41:33 EST
      The history of the odometer the device that records the distance that a vehicle travels.
    • History of Accounting Created: 2012-01-14 @ 01:53:36 EST Updated: 2012-01-16 @ 03:55:33 EST
      Modern accounting was invented during the Renaissance when the memorandum, journal and ledger as we know them were all invented.
    • Ice Catcher Tray - Submit an Entry: Promote Your New Invention or New Idea Created: 2012-01-14 @ 20:47:17 EST Updated: 2012-01-14 @ 20:49:23 EST
      A new invention designed to catch ice cubes dispensed from a fridge front door.
    • History of Football Created: 2005-04-07 @ 10:07:38 EDT Updated: 2012-01-14 @ 03:07:40 EST
      American football is a distinct type of football that developed in the United States in the 19th century from soccer and rugby football.
    • Variable Velocity Bullets - Rusi Taleyarkhan Created: 2005-09-24 @ 14:36:26 EDT Updated: 2012-01-12 @ 23:50:48 EST
      Rusi Taleyarkhan and team invented variable velocity bullets - view stungun.
    • Nicholas Copernicus - Copernican System Created: 2005-03-29 @ 23:05:07 EST Updated: 2012-01-12 @ 23:50:32 EST
      Astronomer Nicholas Copernicus proved that the sun was the center of the solar system and that the earth was shaped like round balls - Martin Behaim invented the first globe.
    • Toy Fair - The Toy Fair Winners Created: 2009-03-04 @ 21:00:00 EST Updated: 2012-01-12 @ 23:47:45 EST
      The best toys of toy fair - the winners in all categories including toy of the year.
    • How to Get a Plant Patent - Plant Patent Applications Created: 2005-10-15 @ 04:07:12 EDT Updated: 2012-01-12 @ 23:47:44 EST
      How to get a patent - plant patents
    • Shamrocks - Wacky Shamrocks Created: 2006-03-02 @ 20:35:25 EST Updated: 2012-01-12 @ 23:44:30 EST
      Eyeglasses with shamrock clovers
    • George Babcock - Stephen Wilcox - Water Tube Steam Boiler Created: 2006-06-27 @ 01:09:06 EDT Updated: 2012-01-12 @ 23:43:32 EST
      water-tube boiler was patented in 1867 by American inventors George Herman Babcock and Stephen Wilcox.
    • St Patrick's Day Charms - Inventions and History of St Patrick's Day Created: 2006-03-02 @ 21:05:46 EST Updated: 2012-01-12 @ 23:38:29 EST
      The history of St Patrick's Day - Saint Patrick's day patents and leprechaun trademarks.
    • History of Water Skiing - Ralph Samuelson Invented Water Skis Created: 2005-07-12 @ 01:59:39 EDT Updated: 2012-01-12 @ 23:37:29 EST
      Water skiing came about in 1922 when Ralph Samuelson an eighteen-year-old proposed the idea that if you could ski on snow then you could ski on water.
    • The Invention of Snowman Created: 2011-12-02 @ 20:22:51 EST Updated: 2012-01-12 @ 23:32:14 EST
      Enjoy these strange and wonderful pictures of snowmen from actually patents, real trademarks, and other incredible images.
    • Francis Cabot Lowell and the Textile Revolution Created: 2008-03-29 @ 22:06:34 EDT Updated: 2012-01-12 @ 23:31:26 EST
      Early history of the textile industry in America and Francis Cabot Lowell's contributions.
    • Power Loom - Edmund Cartwright Invented the Power Loom Created: 2005-05-16 @ 15:06:07 EDT Updated: 2012-01-12 @ 23:30:58 EST
      Edmund Cartwright was a cleric and the inventor of the power loom patented in 1785.
    • Wright Brothers - Photo Gallery Created: 2010-03-10 @ 02:09:22 EST Updated: 2012-01-12 @ 23:26:57 EST
      Photos and illustrations make a visual timeline depicting the lives of the Wright Brothers and their airplanes.
    • History of Email & Ray Tomlinson Created: 2006-06-24 @ 00:03:15 EDT Updated: 2012-01-12 @ 23:25:56 EST
      Computer engineer Ray Tomlinson invented internet based email in late 1971.

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