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The
20th Century
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20th
Century
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20th
Century
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| CNN.com's
In-Depth Special on the 20th Century lists the innovations for each decade
of the 20th Century with the date of the invention and a brief explanation. |
The Freedictionary.com
site offers an encyclopedia article about 20th century which includes science
and technology innovations for each decade. Skip the commercial listings
at the top of each page. Farlex, Inc produces this site. |
Worldhistory.com
is a history site that presents historical records in topical timelines.
Click on a decade and check out the Science, Computer and Technology sections.
There are links to detailed articles for the inventions. |
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Early
Twentieth Century Inventors and Inventions: EnchantedLearning.com
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Eureka
A multimedia journey through inventions of the twentieth century
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Famous
Inventions -
A
History of Inventions
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| From adhesive tape to the Worldwide
Web to the Zamboni machine, Enchanted Learning provides an alphabetical
listing of twentieth century inventions and inventors along with explanations
of the invention or the inventors work. |
This student
created Thinkquest site describes inventions, which shaped the twentieth
century. |
An alphabetical
listing of famous inventions, past and present from Mary Bellis, About.com’s
guide to inventors and inventions. |
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The
Great Idea Finder History
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Greatest
Engineering Achievements of the Twentieth Century
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A
Guide to Inventions and Discoveries: From Adrenaline to the Zipper
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| The Great
Idea Finder is a commercial site that promotes inventions and it offers
researchers great information on inventions and inventors. This is
a chronological list of inventions beginning with the Dixie cups in 1900
and ending with Teletubbies in 1997. There are links to detailed
articles for many of the inventions and inventors |
The National
Academy of Engineering ‘s top twenty engineering achievements of the twentieth
century covers electricity, transportation, communications, household appliances
and many more. There are histories, descriptions and a timeline for
20th century inventions such as the Internet, telephone, laser, and air
conditioning. |
Infoplease.com
has an alphabetical listing of inventions with the name of the invention,
the year it was invented and links to articles on the inventors. |
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The
History of Invention
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Inventions
1900 to 1990
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Inventor
of the Week Archives
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| A timeline
of inventions beginning with the calendar and ending with the DVD
player from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Kids Page. There
is a brief informational paragraph for each invention on the timeline. |
The History
Learning Site provides a chronological list of twentieth century inventions.
There are detailed explanations for approximately a dozen of the inventions
listed. |
This is
part of the Lemelson-MIT Program on invention. Use the Browse
by Invention section to
find out about twentieth century inventions in medicine & healthcare,
consumer products, transportation, energy & environment, or computing
& telecommunications. |
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Science
Service Historical Image Collection
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Technology
Timeline: 1750 – 1990
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Twentieth
Century Inventions 1900 to 1999 – Inventors
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| The Science Service of the Smithsonian
Institute provides images of 20th century scientific research such as automobiles,
lasers, radio, telephone, and television as they appeared in newspapers
along with the newspaper article featuring the invention. |
This interactive
timeline is part of the PBS American Experience site. When you click
on an invention, you can read a brief explanation. |
Mary Bellis,
About.com’s guide to inventors and inventions, presents history time
line of twentieth 20th century inventions with links to detailed articles
on the inventions. |