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Welcome to Amazing Inventors and Inventions!  Have you ever wondered how the telephone, car, and TV were invented?  At this website you can find out about these inventions, their inventors, and much, much more.

Many of the conveniences that we couldn't live without today did not exist 300 years ago.  And some didn't even exist 25 years ago!  Things like cars, electric lights, and computers that are such a big part of our lives were all invented in the last three centuries.  There is a lot to learn about inventions.  We will not only teach you about important inventions, we will also teach you about the fun ones, too, like a portable bathtub and a hair cutting machine.  This will be a website you won't forget! 

There are two ways to learn about amazing inventors and inventions on this website!  You can find information on many important inventions in a timeline that shows the year they were invented.  To find out about an invention and its inventor, just click on the name of the invention listed in our timeline!

You can also find information on many famous inventors including Thomas Edison, Benjamin Franklin, Henry Ford, George Eastman, and Alexander Graham Bell, to name a few, in a route through our website that is sorted by topic.  Inventors who created new ways to get around, such as the Wright Brothers, Henry Ford, and Igor Sikorsky, are highlighted in our Transportation Section.  Learn about inventors who created new methods for communication, new foods, and inventions used daily around the house and office.  

  Topics Route

 

Click on the light bulb to the left to find out about an inventor and the inventions he or she created though our topics route!  Click on the light bulb to the right to travel through our website using our timeline!

Timeline Route

 

After you have read our website to learn about inventors and inventions, visit our Games Section to test your knowledge by  clicking on the game board to the left.  There is an interesting quiz game to play with your friends, so you can find out how much you've learned from our website!  We also have a ton of other cool games like a crossword puzzle, a cryptogram, double puzzles, and word searches, too.  

If you want even more information, check out our bibliography where we list many great books, awesome articles, and interesting Internet sources you can visit.  Don't forget to look at the page that tells you about the inventors of this website.  We also have a guestbook where you can write to us and look at other people's comments.  Visit our guestbook to see what other people are saying about Amazing Inventors and Inventions, or click on the envelopes at the bottom of any page on this website to contact us!

We'd love to hear from you!  Click one of the envelopes to send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.

 

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