Inventions Collection

Dr. James Naismith
Two boys stand on the first basketball court in the gymnasium of the School for Christian Workers, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1900s. Canadian physician and teacher Dr

WWI single-seat biplane
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Hanging Montgolfier hot air balloon
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Illustration, two men standing in basket of rising hot-air balloon, one talking into radiophone, the other one looking down, low angle view

Microphone, showing cutaway cross-section

Refrigerator, cross-section, elevated view

18th Century Sundial

Pioneering aircraft

Early mechanical wing aircraft

Eli Whitneys Cotton Gin
Illustration of the original model of Eli Whitneys cotton gin, circa 1800. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Engraving of Naval Vessel Monitor
An engraving of American engineer and inventor John Ericssons (1803 - 1889) transverse section of the naval vessel Monitor through the center of the turret, 19th Century

Naval Vessel Monitor
An engraving of American engineer and inventor John Ericssons (1803 - 1889) side elevation and deck plan of the naval vessel, Monitor, 19th Century. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Farmer Loads Corn Into Corn Husking Machine
An American farmer loads corn into a corn husking machine, early to mid 1880s. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Illustration, cylinder gramophone

Water power generator, cross-section

Ancient and modern hang gliding, low angle view

The Corliss Engine
An image of the Corliss Engine, invented by American engineer George Henry Corliss, at the Philadelphia Centennial, Pennsylvania, 1876

Rainy Day Fashion
A woman wearing a carriage dress designed by Mrs Pierpoint with rows of bows down the front of the skirt and an ornate hat with flowers on the brim

Woman At A Typewriter
Portrait of a young woman typing on an early typewriter, circa 1872. The keyboard layout had been invented a few years earlier by Christopher Scholes. The caption reads (undeciphered) Scholes 1872

The Benz Tricycle
Photograph of the Benz Tricycle, the worlds first automobile, which was invented by Carl Benz, 1885. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Hobby Horse & Boneshaker
Two men (L-R) ride on early bicycles known as the Hobby Horse and Boneshaker. The Hobby Horse was invented by Karl Von Drais in 1818 and was operated by kicking against the street

Jet Car
A rear view of General Motors experimental gas turbine powered vehicle, the XP-21 Firebird of 1954 showing the brake flaps on the trailing edges of the wings (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Ford Atmos
Fords show car of the future, the Atmos, 1954. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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