Inventors
Historical
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Earmuffs
Chester Greenwood, a grammar school
dropout, invented earmuffs at the age of 15 and accumulated over 100 patents
in his lifetime.
Ear
Plugs
The history of ear plugs.
Easel
Painting with an easel was known
to the ancient Egyptians.
Eating
Utensils
The history of forks, spoons and
knives.
Eight
Track Tape
William Lear invented the eight
track tape player and designed the Lear Jet.
ECG/EKG/Electrocardiography
Willem Einthoven received a patent
for the ECG - a timeline of the invention and implementation.
Eiffel
Tower
Gustave Eiffel built the Eiffel
Tower for the Paris World's Fair of 1889, which honored the 100th anniversary
of the French Revolution.
Elastic
In 1820, Thomas Hancock patented
elastic fastenings for gloves, suspenders, shoes and stockings.
Elevator
Elisha Otis invented the "Improvement
in Hoisting Apparatus" or elevator.
Electric
Blanket
In 1936, the first automatic electric
blanket was invented.
Electric
Chair
The history and of the electric
chair.
Electricity
- Electronics
Several famous persons in the field
of electricity and electrical theory are profiled. The history of electricity
and electronics.
Electric
Motor
Michael Faraday's big breakthrough
in electricity development was his invention of the electric motor.
Electrochemical
Paintbrush
Adam Cohen invented the "electrochemical
paintbrush", nanotechnology used in etching microchips.
Electrogasdynamics
Systems
Meredith Gourdine invented electrogasdynamics
systems.
Electromagnet
An electromagnet is a device in
which magnetism is produced by an electric current.
Electron
Tubes
The complex history behind the electron
or vacuum tube.
Electrophotography
The copy machine was invented by
Chester Carlson.
Electroplating
Electroplating was invented in 1805
and paved the way for economical jewelry.
Electroscope
The electroscope - a device for
detecting electric charge - was invented by Jean Nollet in 1748.
Email
Have you ever wondered what this
@ in your email address is for?
Engines
Understanding how engines work and
the history of engines.
Engraving
The history of engraving, a popular
method of printing.
Erector
Set
A.C. Gilbert invented the Erector
Set, a child's building toy.
ERMA
and MICR
The first bank industry computer - also MICR (magnetic ink character
recognition) for reading checks.
Escalator
In 1891, Jesse Reno created a new
novelty ride at Coney Island that led to the invention of the escalator.
The
Etch-A-Sketch
The Etch-A-Sketch was developed
in the late 1950s by Arthur Granjean.
Ethernet
Robert Metcalfe and Xerox team invented
network computing.
Explosives
The history of explosives.
Eyeglasses
The history of the oldest known
glass lens to the first pair of spectacles invented by Salvino D'Armate.
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