Inventor Archive

Blanche Ames’ name is familiar to many for her varied accomplishments as an artist, botanical researcher, and activist.

Mathematician and inventor Archimedes lived more than 2000 years ago, but his life has had a profound and lasting impact o

A natural inclination toward outdoor sports led Indiana native Mike Augspurger to come up with several inventions that wou

Hertha Marks Ayrton was a distinguished British mathemati

Sookie Bang invented a process that induces bacteria to create a natural, environmentally friendly cement that can be used

On February 18, 1879, the French sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904) earned US Patent #11,023 for a "Design fo

The deep sea is a mysterious frontier, difficult to reach for exploration and seen by a very small number of scientists wh

As the environmental movement continues to build momentum, many hopeful scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs are striv

Charles William Beebe, one of the United States' most significant oceanic pioneers, was born July 29, 1877 in Brooklyn, Ne

Over the span of more than fifty years and through more than fifty patents granted, Ruth Rogan Benerito used her broad sci

Clarence Birdseye (1886-1956) found a way to flash-freeze foods and deliver them to the public - one of the most important

With a master's degree in hand at age 19, Katherine Blodgett (1898-1979) was the first female scientist to be hired by Gen

African American inventor Otis F.

Luther Burbank was born on March 7, 1849 in Lancaster, Massachusetts.

William Seward Burroughs, inventor of the first workable adding machine, was born in rural New York in 1855.

The crude oil upon which we depend for so many types of fuel and other products does not come out of the ground ready for