The Inventiveness of Women: Our Female Ancestor Inventors
By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on October 5, 2017
In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to learn about women inventors throughout our nation’s history... (Read More)
Tag: Inventors and Inventions or Patents
Thomas Edison Invents the Phonograph – and Immortality
By Tony Pettinato on November 21, 2016
An article about Thomas A. Edison inventing the phonograph on 21 November 1877... (Read More)
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)
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)
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)
