Presents a timeline of inventions from the use of fire in prehistoric times to the iPad in 2010, with an emphasis on developments in the nineteenth and twentiet

A school history should set forth such facts, and in such an order, as to show the progress of civilization. The great lessons of history are found in that line

Have You Thanked an Inventor Today? is a journey into the often forgotten contributions of African-American inventors, that contributed to the American landscap

An introduction to the great inventors of the world. Filled with facts both serious and comic, the book describes the lives and work of more than 50 major inven

In 'American Inventions and Inventors,' Arthur May Mowry and William A. Mowry compile a meticulously curated collection that spans the breadth and depth of Amer