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About.com - Inventors
About.com's timelines of some of the major inventions and innovations that have brought most of us to today's relatively comfortable standard of living, from the 15th Century to the present:
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bl1400s.htm
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
This cool timeline for kids by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) is sure to hold their attention with its easy-to-understand text and colorful graphic depictions of highlights in the history of invention, from the first calendar (???B.C.) to the DVD (1995):
http://www.cbc.ca/kids/general/the-lab/history-of-invention/default.html
Computer History Museum
The Computer History Museum’s chronicle of computing from 1945 to 1990 describes just about every significant innovation in hardware and software technology since the dawn of the computer age:
http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/
Crimsonbird.com
The Crimson Bird Book Shoppe's online book store provides this thorough yet succinctly written chronological summary of significant events, inventions, theories and discoveries in the history of science and technology, dating back to Ancient Egypt.
http://www.crimsonbird.com/science/timeline.htm
Hobbes' Internet Timeline
Self-proclaimed "Internet Evangelist" Robert H. Zakon compiled and maintains his frequently printed and cited Hobbes' Internet Timeline--ostensibly the "official" source on the history of the Internet:
http://www.zakon.org/robert/internet/timeline/
Innovation Odyssey
Innovation Odyssey's impressive list of New England milestones offers a nice “aerial” view of the region's extensive contributions to pioneering in a slew of categories, including Political and Religious Freedom; Education; Medicine and Public Health; and Recreation, Entertainment, and Culture:
http://www.innovationodyssey.com/breakthroughs.htm
Maxfield & Montrose Interactive Inc. - History of Computers
Accessed through the library page of the polymedia design company Maxfield & Montrose Interactive's web site is this interesting and expansive timeline on the history and development of computing. Click on the hyperlinked date entries for an in-depth view of key events in each period:
http://www.maxmon.com/timeline.htm
PBS/WGBH - A Science Odyssey
A set of brief, fun timelines geared to kids that show the evolution of some of our most treasured everyday objects, such as the television, telephone and computer, can be found in the "Technology at Home" activity of the online version of PBS's 1998 TV series, A Science Odyssey:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tech/
PBS/WGBH - American Experience
From the film, "The Telephone" (part of WGBH's educational series, American Experience), comes this engaging timeline of American technological innovation (1752-1990), featured on the PBS web site as a complement to the online version of the program.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/telephone/timeline/index.html
The Victorian Web
Found in Brown University's Victorian Web, an extensive online resource on literature, history and culture in the "age of Victoria," is this concise but information-packed science and technology timeline:
http://65.107.211.206/science/science.html
Tim Dwyer Patent Timeline
Crafted by Dedham High School history teacher Tim Dwyer while participating in a summer 2003 program for teachers at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, this comprehensive timeline chronicles milestones in the history of patenting in the U.S., starting with the nation's first patent law in 1790. Subsequent patent legislation and many “landmark” inventions are highlighted in this thorough compilation.
http://www.economicadventure.org/teachers/lessons/less_intproptimeline.cfm
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