As schoolchildren, we learned the names of famous inventors from history: Alexander Graham Bell, Eli Whitney, Thomas Edison. Ask someone to name a famous modern-day inventor, though, and you’ll ...

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Born to a poor farming family, he aspired to be a millionaire and a famous inventor, and he achieved both goals. Born in 1907 in New Hampshire, Tupper moved many times in his youth, growing up on ...

Thomas Edison was Henry Ford's hero. In 1896, shortly after building his quadricycle, Henry Ford had the chance to meet the famous inventor at a convention in New York. Edison, who was ...

In the 1930's, Nikola Tesla, who is known for creating the induction motor and refining AC currents, imagined a machine that would allow you to project a mental image in real life and play back ...

In this entertaining collection of clips for primary schools, Dick and Dom explore the work of some of the most important inventors and ... who designed famous bridges. Discovering the work ...

Not only was his mother Irish but he married an Irish woman. On March March 16, 1905, the famous inventor married the Hon. Beatrice O’Brien, a daughter of Edward Donough O’Brien, 14th Baron ...

Today is the 170th anniversary of the birth of one the world's most famous inventors, Thomas Edison. Edison came up with lots of great inventions and here he stumbles upon an important development ...