Elisha Perkins Invented Metallic Tractors – in the 1700s?
By Thomas Jay Kemp on May 28, 2015
An article about Dr. Elisha Perkins and his invention of the "metal tractor" medical device... (Read More)
Category: Inventions & Patents
The Wizard of Menlo Park, a.k.a. Inventor Thomas Edison
By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on February 18, 2015
In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to learn about the amazing life and accomplishments of the great inventor Thomas Edison... (Read More)
Nikola Tesla, Electrical Genius, Inventor & Eccentric, Dies
By Tony Pettinato on January 7, 2015
An article about the death of the eccentric yet brilliant inventor Nikola Tesla at the age of 86 in New York City on 7 January 1943... (Read More)
Amazing Inventors: Thomas Edison & the Electric Light Bulb
By Duncan Kuehn on December 8, 2014
In this article, Duncan Kuehn searches old newspapers to learn about Thomas Edison and his invention of the electric light bulb that changed the world... (Read More)
Who Really Invented the Steamboat? Fitch, Rumsey or Fulton?
By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on November 4, 2013
Introduction: Mary Harrell-Sesniak is a genealogist, author and editor with a strong technology background. In this guest blog post, Mary uses old newspapers to research the invention of the steamboat—and describes how much steamboats changed our ancestors’ world. The invention of the steamboat radically changed our ancestors’ world. While researching your ancestors’ lives in... (Read More)
The Marketing Finesse of Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on August 5, 2013
Gena Philibert-Ortega shows how, more than a century ago, Lydia Estes Pinkham used marketing techniques to promote her medicinal “vegetable compound.”.. (Read More)
In Search of Our Early American Ancestors’ Patents on Inventions
By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on February 27, 2013
In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak writes about finding government records and newspaper descriptions of our ancestors’ inventions... (Read More)
Today in History: Bizarre Yet Brilliant Inventor Nikola Tesla Born
By Tony Pettinato on July 10, 2012
An article celebrating the anniversary of the birth of the bizarre yet brilliant inventor Nikola Tesla on 10 July 1856... (Read More)
