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Welcome to Eureka, an interactive site for exploration of inventions, innovations and discoveries that have transformed the world we live in. This page will give you a quick overview of the site. To change your user information, for example, password or e-mail address, click here.
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Wilbur and Orville Wright were inspired thinkers who made the first sustained, powered flight.
John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown were inspired to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight.
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INVENTION FACTS AND MYTHS
When we study the great inventions of the world, we find that they are either very simple, basic things like the wheel or very complex things like the computer. Some inventions were silly, some deadly serious, but even the inventions that were not successful were not all failures either. Each invention shed some light on the good intentions of the inventor and their quest to improve the quality of life. Here are some invention facts and myths meant to amaze, in ...
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INVENTOR BIOGRAPHY
From the date of the first printing press to the current explosion of the Web, the greatest moments in the history of innovation are chronicled on these inventor biographies, complemented by photographs, quotations, and additional resources for those that want to learn more.
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Mathematicians of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
Available here are accounts of the lives and works of seventeenth and eighteenth century mathematicians (and some other scientists), adapted from A Short Account of the History of Mathematics by W. W. Rouse Ball (4th Edition, 1908).
The ordering of the mathematicians and scientists below is approximately chronological. A separate index is provided which lists these people in alphabetical order.
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In celebration of the contribution of blacks in science and technology, here are just a few short synopses of BLACK INVENTORS OF THE PAST , preceded by a short introduction and photo of myself.
For more information, try the San Diego State National Society of Black Engineers (S.D.N.S.B.E.) link.
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Special Feature: Forgotten Inventors
Can Opener, 1858
British merchant Peter Durand made a huge stride in food preservation with his 1810 invention of the can. Canned rations provided to soldiers and explorers saved legions from sure starvation. So grateful for its inner contents were the hungry recipients that no one really complained about the sweat and toil often required to simply open the can.
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