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Places of Invention

Irrigation System

I live in Dorra, Djibouti. My ancient ancestors invented the first irrigation system in 1400 BC. They used the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean to bring in water to support the crops. They grew wheat and lettuce. A guy named T'Challa Wakon invented the irrigation system.

Places of Invention

Bird Trap

People in Kuala Perlis are mainly fishermen or padi (rice) farmers. The farmers would set up fishing nets vertically in the padi fields to trap the birds that feed on the crops.

Invention Stories

Inventive Minds: Inventing Green

Inventive Minds: Inventing Green features the stories of historic and contemporary inventors whose work on socially-responsible technologies creates profound change for the common good.

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Invention Stories

Fungi in Focus

Do recent innovations using mushrooms have the promise to save the world?

Warren Belasco
Beyond Words

Podcast: Warren Belasco Studies Food for Tomorrow

Professor Warren Belasco traces a history of the “future” of food.

Ian Cheney speaks at the 2010 symposium, Food for Tomorrow
Beyond Words

Podcast: Documentary Filmmaker Ian Cheney Imagines a Future Food System

Cheney’s film and food project, Truck Farm, profiles inventive urban farmers.

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Invention Stories

Bittersweet Harvest

On September 9, 2009, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis came to the National Museum of American History to open a new exhibition, Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program 1942–1964.

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Allis-Chalmers Corporation Records, 1847-1988

Inventor Name Allis-Chalmers Corporation

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Campbell Farming Corporation Records, 1918-1975

Inventor Name Unknown

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J. A. Jamieson Fonds, 1888-1931, 1961

Inventor Name Jamieson, J.A. Repository Archives of Ontario77 Grenville Street, Unit 300Toronto, ONM5S 1B3Canada416-327-16001-800-668-9933 (Toll-free number-Ontario only)www.archives.gov.on.ca

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St. Lawrence Starch Company Patent and Trademark Files, 1897-1987

Inventor Name Unknown Repository Archives of Ontario77 Grenville Street, Unit 300Toronto, ONM5S 1B3Canada416-327-16001-800-668-9933 (Toll-free number-Ontario only)www.archives.gov.on.ca

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F.J. McCann Fonds, 1880-1964

Inventor Name McCann, F.J. Repository Provincial Archives of Alberta8555 Roper RoadEdmonton, AlbertaT6E 5W1780-427-1750www.tprc.alberta.ca/archives/default.aspx

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Straw Paper Company of Canada Limited Fonds, 1924-1928

Inventor Name Wiig-Bache, John Repository Provincial Archives of Alberta8555 Roper RoadEdmonton, AlbertaT6E 5W1780-427-1750www.tprc.alberta.ca/archives/default.aspx

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Government of Canada Department of Agriculture Fonds, 1845-1990

Inventor Name unknown Repository Library and Archives Canada395 Wellington StreetOttawa, ON K1A 0N4CANADAReference: 613-996-5115 or 1-866-578-7777 (toll free in Canada and the US)

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Kenneth Stuart fonds, 1931-1943

Inventor Name Stuart, Kenneth Repository Provincial Archives of Alberta8555 Roper RoadEdmonton, AlbertaT6E 5W1780-427-1750www.tprc.alberta.ca/archives/default.aspx

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Samuel Comfort Papers, 1855-1961

Inventor Name Comfort, Samuel Repository Princeton UniversityDept. of Rare Books and Special CollectionsOne Washington RoadPrinceton, New Jersey 08544609-258-3184http://libweb.princeton.edu/

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Herbert Kellar Papers, 1817-1969

Inventor Name McCormick, Cyrus Repository Wisconsin Historical Society816 State StreetMadison, WI 53706-1417http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/libraryarchives/

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Patent of Moses Poole's mowing machine, 1852.

Inventor Name Poole, Moses

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Ralph L. Parshall Collection, 1902-1992

Inventor Name Parshall, Ralph L.

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Patents, 1893-1907

Inventor Name Heulings, Samuel M. Repository Camden County Historical SocietyP.O. Box 378Collingswood, NJ 08108-0378856-964-3333http://www.cchsnj.com/

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