All about famous inventors and their inventions.
Series: Allabout books -- 18
Publisher: Random House
Published: 1955
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 141
Subjects: Inventors.; Inventions.
Table of contents: title: Introduction
pagenum: vii; label: I
title: Explosives, Printing, and the Telescope
pagenum: 3; title: 2 From the Jib Sail to the Airplane
pagenum: 19; title: 3- The Cotton Gin and the Reaper
pagenum: 45; title: 4- The Magic Performed with Words and Wires
pagenum: 55; title: 5- Inventions for the Home
pagenum: 77; title: 6 Steel and the Skyscraper
pagenum: 93; title: 7- Military Inventions
pagenum: 103; title: 8 Modern Wonders
pagenum: 125; title: Index
pagenum: 139