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049 _aGRAL
100 1 _aBourne, Russell.
245 1 0 _aInvention in America /
_cRussell Bourne.
260 _aGolden, Colo. :
_bFulcrum Pub.,
_cc1996.
300 _aix, 138 p., [8] p. of plates :
_bill. (some col.), map ;
_c28 cm.
500 _a"Published in cooperation with the Library of Congress."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 129-131) and index.
505 0 _aDynamics 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.
650 0 _aInventions
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aTechnology
_xSocial aspects
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 4 _aTecnologâia
_xAspectos sociales
_zEE.UU.
_xHistoria
710 2 _aLibrary of Congress.
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