Research for Kelvin's 100th Anniversary
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To prepare for Kelvin's 100th anniversary, we are researching things from the early 1910's.

Air Conditioners
http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa081797.htm

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/carrier.htm

Albert Einstein, the scientist
http://www.pitara.com/magazine/people/online.asp?story=36

http://www.biography.com/bio4kids/bio4kids-einstein.jsp

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bleinstein.htm

http://www.idiotica.com/cranium/encyclopedia/content/albert_einstein.htm

Band-Aids
http://www.funbandaid.com/history.html

http://www.doctorsreview.com/node/508

http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventions/a/bandaid.htm

Boy Scouts
http://www.scouting.org/cubscouts/aboutcubscouts/history.aspx

http://www.troop152okoboji.com/history_of_boy_scouts.htm

http://guidezone.e-guiding.com/liz_hist_cdnhist.htm

Charlie Chaplin, the actor
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h3774.html

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAchaplinC.htm
 

Girl Guides
http://www.wagggsworld.org/en/about/history

http://guidezone.e-guiding.com/liz_hist_cdnhist.htm

Life Savers Candy
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/lifesavers.htm

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bllifesavers.htm

http://www.trivia-library.com/a/history-of-product-names-and-trademarks-life-savers.htm

Lincoln Logs
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/lincolnlogs.htm

The Panama Canal
http://www.canalmuseum.com/
http://geography.about.com/od/specificplacesofinterest/a/panamacanal.htm

http://www.panamatours.com/Pancanal/Canal_intro.htm

Ping Pong
http://www.tabletennismaster.com/history-of-ping-pong.html
http://www.robbinstabletennis.com/history.htm

http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Fall04/Baksh/history.html

Pop-Up Toasters
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/toaster.htm
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/strite.html
http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/it/2005/2/2005_2_6.shtml

Raggedy-Ann Dolls
http://www.billbam.com/hiofraannand.html

http://raggedy-ann-and-andy-dolls.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=5

http://www.raggedy-ann.com/patty.html

Refrigerators
http://home.howstuffworks.com/10-appliances3.htm

http://www.history.com/exhibits/modern/fridge.html

http://www.umw.edu/hisa/resources/Student%20Projects/Carol%20Haley%20--%20Refrigerator/students.mwc.edu/_chale6kt/FRIDGE/index.html

South Pole Exploration (Amundsen and Scott)
http://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/roald%20amundsen.htm

http://history.howstuffworks.com/polar-history/roald-amundsen.htm

http://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/Robert%20Falcon%20Scott2.htm

http://history.howstuffworks.com/polar-history/robert-f-scott.htm

Telephones (coast to coast, long distance service)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_distance

http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/long_distance.htm

http://www.greatachievements.org/?id=3633

Traffic Lights
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/trafficlight.htm

http://ask.yahoo.com/20010914.html

http://transportationhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/who_invented_the_traffic_light

Tinkertoys
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/tinkertoy.htm
 

World War One
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/ww1.htm

http://www.firstworldwar.com/origins/causes.htm

X-Ray Machines
http://www.bookrags.com/research/x-ray-machine-woi/

http://www.discoveriesinmedicine.com/To-Z/X-ray-Machine.html

http://www.discoveriesinmedicine.com/General-Information-and-Biographies/Coolidge-William-David.html

Zippers
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/zipper.htm

http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa082497.htm

http://www.apparelsearch.com/zipper_history.htm

http://ezinearticles.com/?Zippers---History-and-Facts&id=909604

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