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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Thomas A. Edison

For Students 9th - 10th
Thomas Edison invented the automatic repeater, duplex telephone, phonograph, the electric pen, the microphone, the megaphone, kinetoscope, the microtasimeter, and the quadruplex and sextuplex transmitters.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Alexander Graham Bell

For Students 9th - 10th
A photo of Alexander Graham Bell, a famous scientist and inventor well known for making the first practical telephone.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Alexander Graham Bell

For Students 9th - 10th
(1847-1942) Inventor of the telephone
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Pbs Learning Media: Forgotten Inventors

For Students 9th - 10th
This illustrated feature from the American Experience Web site highlights the frequently forgotten inventors of several useful, innovative technologies.
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Pbs: American Experience: Special Feature: Forgotten Inventors

For Students 9th - 10th
This fascinating site from PBS features seven inventions from the 19th and 20th centuries, along with information about the men and women who created them. Click on one of the small photos to learn more, or scroll down through the...
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Forgotten Inventors

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is an accounting of a few inventions, most of which were invented in the 1800s, that often are overlooked. Find out about how the can opener was invented as well as that clothing staple, the denim jeans.

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