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
