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Invention in America / Russell Bourne.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum Pub., c1996.Description: ix, 138 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 1555912311 (hardcover : Alk. paper)
  • 9781555912314 (hardcover : Alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 609.73 20
LOC classification:
  • T21 .B775i 1996
Contents:
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.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Automatización y Procesos Técnicos Automatización y Procesos Técnicos (1er. Piso) T21 .B775i 1996 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000049113

"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.

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