A history of inventing in New Jersey
Subtitle: from Thomas Edison to the ice cream cone
By: Linda J. Barth
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9781626192065
Subjects: Inventions; History; Technological innovations; Inventors; Biography
Description: "A history of New Jersey's famous and not-so-famous inventions and inventors"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [1179]-183) and index.
Table of contents: title: Thomas Alva Edison and the Invention Factory; title: Bell Laboratories; title: Jerome Lemelson : Metuchen Inventor; title: What Is a Patent?; title: The New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame; title: That's Entertainment!; title: Can You Hear Me Now? : Communications; title: Food, Glorious Food : Innovations in the Kitchen; title: It Just Keeps Getting Better : Lifestyle Innovations; title: Bright Ideas : Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs; title: Take Me Out to the Ball Game and More : Sports; title: On the Move : Transportation; title: What's Up, Doc? : Medical Advances; title: Made in New Jersey : Manufacturing.