Title: The heroic age of American invention.
Authors: De Camp, L. Sprague 1907-2000.
Publisher: Doubleday,
Year: 1961
Subjects: Inventors United States; Inventions; United States History.
Abstract: The story of thirty-two men who made the modern American era.
Contents: Invention comes to America -- The heroic age begins -- The Stevenses and railroading -- Henry, Morse, and the telegraph -- Colt and other gunmakers -- McCormick and farm machinery -- Ericsson and the modern warship -- Kelly and steel refining -- Mergenthaler, Sholes, and writing machines -- Bell and the telephone -- Edison and the electric lamp -- Thomson and alternating-current power -- Selden and the automobile -- Langley, the Wrights, and flying -- Fessenden, de Forest, and radio -- The end of the heroic era.