Inventiveness

Inventiveness

Archimedes

(287–212 B. C.) invented military engine which saved Syracuse. [Gk. Hist.: Hall, 31]

Bell, Alexander Graham

(1847–1922) inventor of telephone (1876). [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 46]

Connecticut Yankee, the

made mechanical devices in the sixth century. [Am. Lit.: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court]

Dictynna

invented fishermen’s nets. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 79]

Edison, Thomas Alva

(1847–1931) inventor of many electrical devices. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 157]

Erechtheus

inventor of chariots. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 91]

Franklin, Benjamin

(1706–1790) gave us lightning rod, bifocals, efficient stove, etc. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 836]

Goldberg, Rube

(1883–1970) designed elaborate contraptions to effect simple results. [Am. Hist.: Espy, 111]

Gumbrill, Theodore, Jr.

designs trousers with built-in air-cushion seat. [Br. Lit.: Aldous Huxley Antic Hay in Benét, 39]

Leonardo da Vinci

(1452–1519) created prototypes for parachutes, submarines, tanks, helicopters. [Ital. Hist.: Plum, 185–200]

McVey, Hugh

invents and builds successful machines for farm and mine operators. [Am. Lit.: Anderson Poor White in Magill I, 762]

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