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Who invented the drive-in theater? In 1932, a man named Richard Hollingshead placed a screen in front of his garage in Riverton, New Je...

Many legends are presented about the facts of famous historical figures, and these stories are often not true. For example, the story of...

The invention of cellophane In 1908, Swiss textile engineer Jacques E. Branderberger dined in a restaurant when he carefully observed...

   Richard Buckminster Fuller was an American inventor, engineer, and architect. Born Milton, Mass., July 12, 1895. Died Los Angeles, CA....

   Eli Whitney (1765-1825) was an American who invented the cotton gin, a machine to separate the lint from the seeds of the cotton. The gin...

   Lee De Forest was an American engineer and inventor. Born Council Bluffs, Iowa, August 26, 1873. Died Hollywood, California, July 22, 196...

Famous quotes from Thomas Edison I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. Opportunity is missed by most ...

   Robert Fulton (1765-1815) was an American inventor and engineer, born in Little Britain, Pa. He had little regular schooling but early sh...

   John Logie Baird (1888-1946) was a Scottish inventor and the "father of television." He was born in Helensburgh, Scotland, and ...

   Thousands of years ago our ancestors learned to weave yarn into cloth. Knitting is much newer. But it is not new. It is several hundred y...

  Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) The man called "The Wizard of Menlo Park" was probably the world's greatest in­ventor. He inv...

   Almost everything we have or use had to be invented. Doorbells, telephones, stoves, lamps, refrigerators, printing presses, farm machiner...

   Johann Gutemberg (1400?-1468) is credited with the invention of printing with movable type. He was born at Mainz. The Gutenbergs with oth...

   A candlemaker who lived in New York City in the 1890's is said to have been the first person to make wax paper. He frequently stopped...

    René Laënnec (1781-1826), a French physician, invented the stethoscope in 1816. Doctors use this instrument to listen to the sounds o...

   It was the 17th of August, 1807. A crowd stood along the banks of the Hudson waiting for a boat to start up the river. The boat was the ...

   Robert Fulton (1765-1815) was an American inventor and successful demonstrator of steam navigation, born in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania...

   Elisha Gray, 1835-1901, was an American inventor, born in Barnesville, Ohio, and educated at Oberlin College. Beginning in 1867 he took...

   John Fitch (1743-1798) was an Ameri­can inventor and metal craftsman, was born on a farm in Hartford Co., Connecticut. Fitch left home ...

   The stream of new inventions in the 1800's captured the imagination of people everywhere. An exhibition displaying the marvels of Eng...