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Ohio Inventors

Bibliography on inventors from Ohio developed for 2003 Bicentennial celebrations.

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Did you know these were invented in Ohio or by a person from Ohio?

airplane
alkaline battery
automobile self-starter
cash register
cellophane
chewing gum
disposable diapers
electronic computer
Etch-a-Sketch
gas mask
gasoline powered automobile
golf ball
hamburger
ice cream cone
Life Savers candy
light bulb
marbles
microwave oven
milk carton
motion picture projector
parachute
phonograph
pull-top tab
space suit
steering wheel
step ladder
stethoscope
traffic light
vacuum cleaner
windshield wipers
yo-yo

Read about these and more in How Ohio Helped Invent the World by Curt Dalton (j609.771 DALTO)

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Bridgman, Roger Francis, 1940-
609 BRIDG
Summarizes 100 notable inventions and discoveries of ancient and modern times, from 3,000,000 B.C. to the beginning of the twenty-first century A.D. Some Ohio inventors can be found in this.




Huffman, Dale, 1936-
977.172 H889D 1998




Dalton, Curt.
609.771 DALTO




EDISON, THOMAS ALVA

Gutman, Dan.
J GUTMA
Thirteen-year-old Robert "Qwerty" Stevens uses the time machine he finds in his back yard to visit Thomas Edison's workshop in 1879, and there helps develop the electric light bulb, but then needs his sister's help to return to his own time.




Middleton, Haydn.
B E233M
A biography of the prolific inventor whose creations, including the electric light bulb and the phonograph, have contributed to the comfort, convenience, and entertainment of people all over the world.




KETTERING, CHARLES F.

Lavine, Sigmund A.
B K431L




MAUCHLY, JOHN WILLIAM

Northrup, Mary.
004.092 N877AC 1998
Profiles some of the people who have made contributions to the computer industry including Herman Hollerith, Johnny von Neumann, Grace Hopper, John W. Mauchly, J. Presper Eckert, Jr., and An Wang.




MORGAN, GARRETT A.

B00771




WOODS, GRANVILLE T.

Sowash, Rick, 1950-
B00771 SOWAS




WRIGHT BROTHERS

COLLINS, MARY,
COLLI
Examines the lives of the Wright brothers and discusses their experiments and triumphs in the field of flight.




Old, Wendie C.
629.13 OLD
Traces the work that the two Wright brothers did together to develop the first machine-powered aircraft.




Fisk, Fred C.
B W95FI




Freedman, Russell.
B W95FR
Follows the lives of the Wright brothers and describes how they developed the first airplane.




 
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