The innovators : the engineering pioneers who made America modern / David P. Billington.
The innovators : the engineering pioneers who made America modern / David P. Billington.
The innovators : the engineering pioneers who made America modern / David P. Billington.
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New York : Wiley, c1996.
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N620.00973/1
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x, 258 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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Pt. I. Irons, Steam, and Early Industry, 1776-1855. Ch. 1. Modern Engineering and the Transformation of America. Ch. 2. Watt, Telford, and the British Beginnings. Ch. 3. Fulton's Steamboat and the Mississippi. Ch. 4. Lowell and the American Industrial Revolution. Ch. 5. Francis and the Industrial Po...
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New York : Wiley, c1996.
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New York (State)
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c1996.
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Who were the innovators? Some are legendary: Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat; Samuel Morse, inventor of the telegraph; and Thomas Edison, inventor of the incandescent lightbulb....
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The innovators : the engineering pioneers who made America modern / David P. Billington.
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[Wiley popular science]
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-236) and index.
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c1996.
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0471140961 (pbk.)
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