Invention in America /
Bourne, Russell.
Invention in America / Russell Bourne. - Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum Pub., c1996. - ix, 138 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 28 cm.
"Published in cooperation with the Library of Congress."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-131) and index.
Dynamics of American invention : Ben Franklin and the roots of inventiveness -- Mechanics and tinkerers -- Techno-wonders of maritime America --Revolutionary inventions for the sake of freedom -- Inventing America's first industrial community -- Samuel Slater's miracle on the Blackstone River -- From wharf to waterfall -- Inventing and selling the American system : Dreadful paradox of Eli Whitney's cotton gin -- Oliver Evans's dream of an automated factory -- Invention by clockwork-the school of Eli Terry -- Eli Whitney and the myth of interchangeable parts -- From agricultural inventions and factory towns to the industrial city -- Creative world of Waltham -- Inventions in the super city of Lowell -- Engineering the northern industrial colossus -- Inventions for a new society -- American inventors and the new century : I can make anything a body wants-the spirit of Sam Colt -- "What hath God wrought?" -- "Eighth wonder of the world"- Linotype -- Edison, the prince of lightness -- "Watson, come here-I want you!" -- "Damn'd if they ain't flew!"- Wright Brothers -- George Eastman's magic black box.
1555912311 (hardcover : Alk. paper) 9781555912314 (hardcover : Alk. paper)
95035784
Inventions--History.--United States
Technology--Social aspects--History.--United States
Tecnologâia--Aspectos sociales--Historia--EE.UU.
T21 / .B775i 1996
609.73
Invention in America / Russell Bourne. - Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum Pub., c1996. - ix, 138 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 28 cm.
"Published in cooperation with the Library of Congress."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-131) and index.
Dynamics of American invention : Ben Franklin and the roots of inventiveness -- Mechanics and tinkerers -- Techno-wonders of maritime America --Revolutionary inventions for the sake of freedom -- Inventing America's first industrial community -- Samuel Slater's miracle on the Blackstone River -- From wharf to waterfall -- Inventing and selling the American system : Dreadful paradox of Eli Whitney's cotton gin -- Oliver Evans's dream of an automated factory -- Invention by clockwork-the school of Eli Terry -- Eli Whitney and the myth of interchangeable parts -- From agricultural inventions and factory towns to the industrial city -- Creative world of Waltham -- Inventions in the super city of Lowell -- Engineering the northern industrial colossus -- Inventions for a new society -- American inventors and the new century : I can make anything a body wants-the spirit of Sam Colt -- "What hath God wrought?" -- "Eighth wonder of the world"- Linotype -- Edison, the prince of lightness -- "Watson, come here-I want you!" -- "Damn'd if they ain't flew!"- Wright Brothers -- George Eastman's magic black box.
1555912311 (hardcover : Alk. paper) 9781555912314 (hardcover : Alk. paper)
95035784
Inventions--History.--United States
Technology--Social aspects--History.--United States
Tecnologâia--Aspectos sociales--Historia--EE.UU.
T21 / .B775i 1996
609.73