The Age of Invention: A Chronicle of Mechanical Conquest
by Holland Thompson
Publisher: ManyBooks 1921
ISBN/ASIN: 1176168339
Number of pages: 166
Description:
This volume is not intended to be a complete record of inventive genius and mechanical progress in the United States... All this book seeks to do is to outline the personalities of some of the outstanding American inventors and indicate the significance of their achievements.
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