Industrial Revolution Inventors
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Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell Biography (bio.com)
Alexander Graham Bell Biography (bbc.co.uk)
Alexander Graham Bell Invented the Photophone
Louis Braille
Louis Braille Biography (bio.com)
Louis Braille is Born (americaslibrary.gov)
Louis Braille: His Legacy and Influence (online Library of Congress exhibit)
W.A. Burt
W.A. Burt Biography (Detroit Historical Society)
Typewriter Article (Science Museum, London)
Willis Carrier
Willis Carrier Biography (williscarrier.com)
Willis Carrier Biography (bio.com)
Willis Carrier Biography (Carrier United Technologies)
Josephine Garis Cochrane
Josephine Cochrane Invented the Dishwasher
George Eastman
George Eastman Biography (bio.com)
George Eastman Video (kodak.com)
Thomas Edison
Thomas Alva Edison (summary and articles)
Henry Ford
Automobile Manufacturer Henry Ford Was Born
Robert Fulton
James Hargreaves
James Hargreaves Biography (Britannica.com)
James Hargreaves/Spinning Jenny (British Museum)
Spinning Jenny (Britannica.com)
Top 10 Industrial Revolution Inventions: Spinning Jenny
Elias Howe
Elias Howe Biography (bio.com)
Elias Howe Biography (americaslibrary.gov)
Elias Howe Biography (Britannica.com)
Lumiere Brothers
Lumiere Brothers Article (The Telegraph, UK)
Kirkpatrick MacMillan
Kirkpatrick MacMillan Biography (bio.com)
Kirkpatrick MacMillan Biography (bbc.co.uk)
Kirkpatrick MacMillan Biography (Future Museum)
Cyrus McCormick
Cyrus McCormick Biography (anb.org)
Samuel Morse
Samuel F. B. Morse Biography (Britannica.com)
Samuel F.B. Morse Biography (americaslibrary.gov)
Joseph Nicephore Niepce
Joseph Nicephore Niepce Biography (bio.com)
Joesph Nicephore Niepce House (Photography Museum)
Alfred Nobel
Alfred Nobel Biography (Nobel Prize website)
Alfred Nobel Biography (bio.com)
Alfred Nobel Biography (bbc.co.uk)
Alfred Nobel Biography (Future Museum)
Isaac Singer
George Stephenson
George Stephenson Biography (bio.com)
George Stephenson Biography (bbc.co.uk)
George Stephenson Biography (Britannica.com)
Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull Biography (bbc.co.uk)
Jethro Tull Biography (Britannica.com)
Jethro Tull Biography (asme.org)
Jethro Tull's Seed Drill (Science Museum, London)
James Watt
James Watt Biography (bbc.co.uk)
James Watt Biography (Britannica.com)
Top 10 Industrial Revolution Inventions: Steam Engine
Eli Whitney
Eli Whitney Biography (including video)
Wright Brothers
Wright Brothers Biography (including video of first flight)
Wilbur & Orville Wright's First Flight
May 20, 2014