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Top 10 Inventors of all Time Ten of the greatest inventors who helped change the world. 1.  Thomas Edison  (1847–1931) Edison filed over 1000 patents. He developed and innovated a wide range of products from the electric light bulb to the phonograph and motion picture camera. 2. The Wright Brothers    Successfully designed, built and flew the first powered aircraft, showing that man could fly. One of most important inventions of Twentieth Century. 3. Benjamin Franklin  (1705–1790) Polymath who discovered electricity and invented the Franklin stove. 4. Nikola Tesla   (1856–1943) Serbian-born scientist who emigrated to the US. He was a brilliant scientist who played a key role in the development of AC electricity, through the AC induction motor, transformer, and Tesla coil. His method of AC electricity has been the template for global electricity use. 5. Charles Babbage  (1791–1871) Created first mechanical computer, which proved ...

Invention Thomas Edison  with  phonograph . Edison is considered one of the most prolific inventors in history, holding 1,093 U.S.  patents  in his name An  invention  is a new thing that someone has made. The  computer  was an invention when it was first made. We say when it was "invented". New things that are made or  created  are called inventions.  Cars  and  plastics  are inventions that everyone knows. Inventions are made by  inventors . Many inventions are  patented . Ideas are also called inventions. Writers can invent characters, and then invent a story about them. Inventing Over time, humans have invented objects which make life easier for themselves. Because of this, a quote "necessity is the mother of invention", was written. The quote means that a lack of something should inspire someone to create something to fill that empty space. However, not all people believe...

An invention is a new thing, way of doing something, composition or process. It may be an improvement upon a machine or product or a new process for creating an object or a result. An invention that achieves a new function or result may be a breakthrough. Such works are special and may not be obvious to other people, even those working in the same field. An inventor may be taking a big step in success or failure.  Some Amazing Inventions:   Flight The History of Human-Powered Flight is an impressive interactive timeline from NPR. How Do Things Fly? A great interactive site from the Smithsonian. It is THE site to learn about anything related to flight. You can design and virtually fly your own plane, and you can even design and print-out your own paper airplane. Printing The first printing on paper was done in China as far back as 200 CE. This used woodblocks, or blocks of wood with letters carved in reverse on them . The big change came in printing in a...