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 A look at the great and often unrecognized pioneers in the field of invention and innovation. We cover both young inventors that became well-known and some lesser-known young inventors.and their contributions.

1642：The mechanical adding machine was invented by a nineteen-year-old French boy named Blaise Pascal way back in the year 1642.

1648：Anton van Leeuwenhoek is best known for his work on  the improvements of the microscope, in 1648 at the age of 16. He also contributed towards the establishment of microbiology in 1673.

1721：In 1721, Benjamin Franklin at the age of 15, was busily occupied in delivering newspapers by day and in composing articles for it at night. These articles, published anonymously, won wide notice and acclaim for their pithy observations on the current scene.

1824：When Louis Braille was 15 years old, he developed an ingenious system of reading and writing by means of raised dots. Today, in virtually every language throughout the world, Braille is the standard form of writing and reading used by blind people.

At the age of 15, Cyrus Hall McCormick invented a lightweight cradle for carting harvested grain. Seven years later, in 1831 he invented the reaper, a horse drawn farm implement to cut small grain crops.

1830：Henry Bessemer produced his first invention at the age of seventeen--embossed stamps for use on title deeds. At that time, the British government was losing thousands of pounds in revenue each year through the illegal reuse of title stamps. Bessemer's invention made the crime impossible and earned him his first job.

1862：When he was 15 years old Thomas Alva Edison published a weekly newspaper, printing it in a freight car that also served as his laboratory. While working as a telegraph operator, he made his first important invention, a telegraphic repeating instrument.

1865：Since the age of 18, Alexander Graham Bell had been working on the idea of transmitting speech. While working on a multiple telegraph, he developed the basic ideas for the telephone.

George Westinghouse, at age 19, obtained his first patent, for a rotary steam engine.

1873：At age 17, Chester Greenwood applied for a patent. For the next 60 years, Greenwood's factory made earmuffs. Greenwood went on to create more than 100 other inventions.

1921：Philo Farnsworth a 14-year-old had an idea while working on his father's Idaho farm. Philo realized an electron beam could scan a picture in horizontal lines, reproducing the image almost instantaneously. It would prove to be a critical breakthrough, towards electronic television.

1930：At 16 yrs. old, George Nissen finished high school and set out to develop a bouncing apparatus(trampoline). Working in his parents’ garage using steel materials he found at a junkyard, he built a rectangular frame with a piece of canvas stretched across it. It was an instant hit ?Nissen was sure he could commercialize it.

1958：As a 17-year-old high school junior, Robert Heft found himself in need of a class project. His proposed 50 star American Flag idea was initially turned down by the teacher. He went ahead and finished his project, receiving a B minus for his efforts. Heft's teacher compromised and promised to deliver a better classroom grade if he could get the U.S. Congress to accept his flag. The rest is history.

1972：Rebecca Schroeder from Toledo, Ohio, USA was ten when she became an inventor. Becky got a patent for her invention in 1974; she was on television and won awards for it. She improved upon the idea over the next few years eventually calling it the Glo-Sheet. The Glo-Sheet has been used in many places. Doctors use them so they can check patient's notes in the dark without waking them up and the US Navy and NASA have used them.

1993：One Saturday morning in 1993, when she was eight years old, Abigail M. Fleck and her father, Jonathan, were cooking bacon in their St. Paul, Minnesota home. Inspired by an offhand comment from her father,. Abbey Fleck invented a new, quicker and healthier way to cook bacon, then founded a company to sell her product, The Makin' BaconR.

2000："I called it a Batball because I can store my baseballs inside the bat and I like it. It's really cool.'' says Jacob Dunnack age 8.

2005：Taylor Hernandez, age 10, invented "Magic Sponge Blocks," large building blocks made from sponge that can safely stack high without worry that they could fall and hurt a child.