As it turns out, most inventors, including the most groundbreaking, don't achieve success with every creation they devise. Curious? Click on for some lesser-known inventions by famous inventors.

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 ...

Born to a poor farming family, he aspired to be a millionaire and a famous inventor, and he achieved both goals. Born in 1907 in New Hampshire, Tupper moved many times in his youth, growing up on ...

Thomas Edison was Henry Ford's hero. In 1896, shortly after building his quadricycle, Henry Ford had the chance to meet the famous inventor at a convention in New York. Edison, who was ...