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by Travis Brown / Paperback - 224 pages / Scarecrow Press (September 1, 2000)
Eighty stories of America's first inventions. Each includes a sketch of the invention, a profile of the inventor and a glimpse of how the invention has found its way into American culture.

ON THE WEB:
USA TODAY The search for the most prolific inventors is a patent struggle 12/6/2005
What living person holds the most U.S. patents? In this era of information and lightning searches — when patents are both more valuable than ever and a source of raging controversy — you'd think such a simple question would be easy to answer.
(URL: www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/kevinmaney/2005-12-06-top-patent-hoders_x.htm)
USA TODAY You really can find identities of top patent holders 12/13/2005
Ah, patents. The topic has pretty much taken charge of my life since last week's column revealing the lack of any way to identify the top 10 living U.S. patent holders. Article by Kevin Maney .
(URL: www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/kevinmaney/2005-12-13-patent_x.htm)
PROLIFIC INVENTORS RECEIVING UTILITY PATENTS 1988 - 1997
This report identifies prolific inventors who received a large number of utility patent grants
during the 1988 to 1997 period. Because no unique identifier such as an identification number is
available for identifying individual inventors, prolific inventors have been identified by searching
inventor names listed on the front page of issued patents.Prepared by the USPTO.PDF File Format
(URL: www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/inv_prol.pdf)
TOP TEN: Most prolific Inventors
Each man on this list is truly worthy of the title "inventor" because their work either directly resulted in a number of important technological leaps or their ideas allowed thousands of other scientists to bring us into modern times with a bang. In short, these men are the scientific giants on whose shoulders we stand.
(URL: www.askmen.com/toys/top_10_100/124_top_10_list.html)
Prolific Female Inventors of the Industrial Era
The most prolific women inventors of the early industrial era in the U.S. are sometimes known by the complimentary, if patronizing, title of "Lady Edisons." . From the Lemelson - MIT Program
(URL: web.mit.edu/invent/iow/whm2.html)
Man Made Marvels
Top Five Inventors, Time article December 4, 2000 by Daniel Levy.
(URL: www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,998676,00.html)
Top Ten: Modern Inventions
In recent times, inventors have concentrated on conceiving countless devices to make our everyday lives easier.
(URL: www.uktv.co.uk/?uktv=standarditem.index&aID=538035)
What are the greatest ancient inventions?
If we believe that we're civilised today, it's only because our early ancestors were constantly struggling to improve things for themselves and future generations.
(URL: www.uktv.co.uk/index.cfm?uktv=standardItem.Index&aID=538034)
Inventions That Changed the World,
Jeremy Clarkson demonstrates how five key technological advances, the gun, the computer, the jet engine, the telephone and the television, triggered scores of subsequent developments.
(URL: www.uktv.co.uk/index.cfm?uktv=standardItem.Index&aID=528227)
The 10 Greatest Inventions
I'm starting at the year zero. Otherwise, we'd never get out of prehistory. I mean, where would we be without the house? The plow? Clothing? Shoes? Wheeled vehicles? Fire igniters? Ships? The knife? The hammer? Money? Article by Tamim Ansary for MSN Encarta.
(URL: encarta.msn.com/)