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First Flight - This British site is dedicated to the Wright brother's success in 1903 at controlled, powered flight . It includes information on the scientific experiments leading to the development of the aerofoil - Cayley's 'whirling arm' of 1804 and of Lilenthal's experiment of 1871.
General Resources
"How Everyday Things Are Made" If you've ever wondered how things are made - products like candy, cars, airplanes, or bottles - or if you've been interested in manufacturing processes, like forging, casting, or injection molding, this site will answer your questions.
BrainPop How inventions and technology work. Animated movies explain photography, cars, dental braces, and more.
Sandretto Plastics Museum - Plastics company Sandretto has been around for a while and has created a museum in honour one of the most important and diverse products of our age - plastic. This is the virtual wing of the Plastics Museum in Pont Canavese near Turin in northern Italy. This was in fact the first Italian Museum of Plastics and one of the main ones in the world. Enter a favourite plastic and a product and a year and see a specific exhibit from Victorian cellulose acetate toy boats to a modern polyurethane fridge.
Mechanical calculating machines This site deals mainly with the mechanical calculating machines from a collector's point of view. It includes timelines, photographs, old advertisements, and information on the Controversial Replica of Leonardo da Vinci's Adding Machine .
Comptometer - This site about the early development of the business calculator around the turn of the twentieth century in America
The Old Calculators Web Museum - Information on the old mechanical calculators of the '40's and '50's, through the beginnings of the 'pocket' calculator in the mid '70's.
Technology in 1900 - This American site includes first telephone operators, early racing cars , and predictions from 1900 .
Roller Coasters - This site details the history of 'The Scream Machine', from the first Russian sleds on man-made ice-covered hills in the early 19th century to the Golden Age of the 1920's . The site provides the biographies of designers and engineering details. Use Shockwave to view 'Roller Coaster Physics'.
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Very useful set of links that includes Alexander Graham Bell , Thomas Edison , timelines, toys, radio, and much more.
