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Frequently used Sites
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MHS Media Center:
Selected books on INVENTIONS are recommended below. Remember that encyclopedias are a good place to start if you know nothing about your person or topic.
| REF 503 McG | McGraw-Hill Science Encyclo. of Science and Technology |
| REF 500 BAR | The N. Y. Public Library Science Desk Reference |
| REF 909 GRU | The Timetables of History (Science, Technology column) |
| REF 509.2 NOT | Notable Twentieth Century Scientists |
| REF 503 VAN | Van Nostrand’s Scientific Encyclopedia |
| REF | Encyclopedia Britannica |
| REF | Worldbook Encyclopedia |
Web Sites:
About.com has a chronological list of inventions, by year. page.http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa010500a.htm
Also check out the A - Z listing on the top left of the above page: http://inventors.about.com/
About.com also has a list of women inventors.
http://inventors.about.com/cs/womeninventors/?once=true&
The National Inventors Hall of Fame will allow you to search by the specific year or decade an invention was inducted in the Hall of Fame.
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/1_1_search.asp
Enchanted Learning has a site that lists inventions by year at:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/1900b.shtml
Totally Absurd Inventions is a fun site at http://totallyabsurd.com/absurd.htm It lists totally useless and amusing inventions. More for fun than a serious reference source.