inventors

Chronicles ten important events in the life of Benjamin Franklin, including being accused of treason by American colonists.

A brief biography of Alexander Graham Bell, focusing on his invention of the telephone and his lifelong work with deaf people.

Doctor Proctor, an inventor of bizarre things, uses his time-traveling bathtub to go back in time and fix some things, but when he cannot get back, Nilly and Lisa meet him in the past with some of the magical fart powder he invented.

Introduces the life and accomplishments of the American inventor who invented the electric light bulb and received over a thousand patents.

A biography of Benjamin Franklin, discussing his early life and education in colonial America, his inquisitive nature, his work as a printer, author, scientist, and inventor, and his role in the Revolutionary War.

Presents an introduction to the life and accomplishments of the famous Italian Renaissance inventor and artist Leonardo da Vinci.

This fictional journal is from the year in which Galileo constructed his own telescope and began to record his astronomical discoveries. Includes additional nonfiction biographical information.

Presents a short children's biography on the life and experiences of Benjamin Franklin and provides details on his childhood in Boston, his various jobs such as candlemaker and printing apprentice, and his importance as a scientist, inventor, statesman, and diplomat.

Examines the life and accomplishments of Benjamin Franklin, discussing his childhood in Boston, and looking at his work as a printer, publisher, writer, inventor, and diplomat.