Great Inventors of New York's Capital District
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2010
Format: softcover nonfiction
Description: Book describes the best-known inventors of the Capital District, New York, including Albany, Troy, Schenectady, and Cohoes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Working the Land; title: Peter Dederick: Perpetual Hay Press; title: James Covert: Bolt Harness Snap; title: Lewis Aspinwall: Potato Planters and Diggers; title: John Griswold: Wire Straightener; title: George Westinghouse Sr.: Agricultural Machines; title: Seth Wheeler: Farm Machinery and Perforated Paper; title: Hauling the World; title: Barnabus Langdon: Horse-Powered Ferry; title: Francis Cole: Locomotive Superheater; title: Albert Pitkin: Compound Engine; title: James McElroy: Car Heating Systems; title: George Westinghouse Jr.: Railroad Air-Brake; title: Heating the World; title: Eliphalet Nott: Anthracite Coal Stove; title: The Rathbone Family: Acorn Stove; title: Dennis Littlefield: Morning Glory and West Shore Range Stoves; title: Philo Stewart: The Stewart Stove; title: Lighting the World; title: Joseph Henry: Electromagnet; title: Charles Steinmetz: Alternating Current; title: Ernst Alexanderson: High Frequency Alternator; title: William Coolidge: Ductile Tungsten; title: William Emmett: Electric Turbines for Warships; title: Irving Langmuir: Incandescent Light Bulbs; title: Fire and Water; title: Lysander Button: Hand and Steam Fire Engines; title: George Eddy: Mohawk Hydrant and Eddy Valve; title: Henry Ludlow: Straight-Way Slide-Stop Valve; title: James Knibbs: The Knibbs Run Around; title: Men of Steel; title: Horatio Spafford: Iron and Steel Manufacture; title: Henry Burden: Horseshoe Machine; title: John Winslow: Armor Plating; title: James Blessing: Steam Trap; title: The Collar City; title: Sanford Cluett: Preshrinking Cotton Fabrics; title: Howard Kennedy: Shirts and Collars; title: James Pine: Collar and Cuff Machines; title: Thomas Wiles: Ironing Machines; title: The Spindle City; title: Timothy Bailey: Power Knitting Loom; title: George Campbell: Winding Bobbin Machine; title: Luke Kavanaugh: Knitting Burr; title: Clark Tompkins: Upright Rotary Knitting Machine; title: Arts and Entertainment; title: John Hyatt: Celluloid for Billiard Balls; title: James Gray: Piano Attachment; title: Henry Miller: Sound Machines; title: The Meneely Family: Bells and Bell Fixtures; title: Arthur Knight: The Schenectady Putter; title: Bibliography