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Invention Stories

Military Invention Day 2019

Come to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History on Saturday, May 18, to see leading-edge technologies from armed forces research, meet scientists and engineers, and try your hand at family-friendly invention challenges.

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Invention Stories

Military Invention Day 2018

Come to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History on Saturday, May 19, to see leading-edge technologies from armed forces research, meet scientists and engineers, and try your hand at family-friendly invention challenges.

Military Invention Day logo: a pixelated head in profile surrounded by icons representing inventions
Invention Stories

Military Invention Day 2017

Inventions for the Armed Forces, Innovations for Society

Tappan Model RL-1 microwave oven
Blog

The Devil Is in the Details: Researching an Inventor’s Biography

The quest to confirm biographical details about the life and work of Percy Spencer

Hedy Lamarr
Invention Stories

A Movie Star, Some Player Pianos, and Torpedoes

Hedy Lamarr was dubbed the most beautiful woman in Hollywood, but she was more interested in inventing than in idle compliments.

Stock image of insect repellent products on a store shelf.
Invention Stories

Buzz... Swat: Mosquito Repellents

It’s the time of year when mosquitos are hatching in preparation to swarm us, bite us, and make us itch.

Inventor Hal Walker
Invention Stories

Innovative Lives: Hal Walker, The Coherent Light of Persistence

Hal Walker's life is a lesson in hard work and conviction. "In my experience," he asserts, "an awareness of how things work helps an individual to master events around him."

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Archives

Twentieth Century Small Arms Development Videohistory Collection 1988-1990

Inventor Name Stoner, Eugene M. and Kalashnikov, Mikhail T.

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Elmer A. Sperry Photograph Collection

Inventor Name Sperry, Elmer

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Premier Mitchell F. Hepburn Correspondence on War Situations, Devices and Inventions, 1941

Inventor Name Unknown Repository Archives of Ontario77 Grenville Street, Unit 300Toronto, ONM5S 1B3Canada416-327-16001-800-668-9933 (Toll-free number-Ontario only) Physical Description 1 file of textual records

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John Krider Business Records, 1817-1939 (bulk 1837-1900)

Inventor Name Krider, John

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Sir Charles Ross fonds, 1862-1972

Inventor Name Ross, Charles

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Segre Scherbatskoy papers,

Inventor Name Scherbatskoy, Segre Repository National Museum of American HistorySmithsonian InstitutionArchives CenterP.O. Box 37012MRC 601/Room 1100Washington, DC 20013-7012202-633-3270www.americanhistory.si.edu/archives

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William Livermore Papers, 1814 - 1919

Inventor Name Livermore, William Roscoe Repository Special CollectionsUniversity of Delaware LibraryNewark, Delaware 19717-5267(302) 831-2229http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/

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Harry Egerton Wimperis fonds, 1907-1941, 1971

Inventor Name Wimperis, Harry Egerton

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Henry Shrapnel and family collection

Inventor Name Shrapnel, Henry 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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Patent Matters [1941-1945]

Inventor Name Various Repository National Archives at College Park8601 Adelphi RoadCollege Park, MD 20740-6001http://www.archives.gov/research/ Physical Description Folder no. 6

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Patents, 1792-1901

Inventor Name Goulding, George Repository Jefferson County Historical Society228 Washington StreetWatertown, NY 13601315-782-3491

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Reminiscences of Alfred Wilkinson Johnson: oral history, 1962

Inventor Name Unknown

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Heinrich Himmler Papers, 1914-1944

Inventor Name Unknown Repository Hoover Institution ArchivesStanford UniversityStanford, California 94305-6010650-723-3563http://www.hoover.org/hila/

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