As schoolchildren, we learned the names of famous inventors from history: Alexander Graham Bell, Eli Whitney, Thomas Edison. Ask someone to name a famous modern-day inventor, though, and you’ll ...

After his death, Eli Whitney was described as "one of the most distinguished men who our country as produced." ...

You’re probably saying, “Who?” To which I say, case in point. He’s an inventor of something that it’s not outlandish to say is within your eyesight every second of every day, even in the ...

British merchant Peter Durand made a huge stride in food preservation with his 1810 invention of the can. Canned rations provided to soldiers and explorers saved legions from sure starvation.

A look at some of the great Scots and their world-famous inventions and discoveries. The legacy of James Clerk Maxwell — Scotland's Einstein: James Clerk Maxwell - The Man Who Changed the World ...

Engineer Eli Whitney died 35 years before the Civil War, but his most famous invention, the cotton gin, set the economic stage for war. Whitney's gin made cotton production far more efficient ...

WESTBOROUGH — Over the last 200 years or so, a great many inventions have come from Central Massachusetts. The monkey wrench, Valentine's Day card, birth control pill and even Tupperware were ...