| Author | Fiske, Bradley A. (Bradley Allen), 1854-1942 |
|---|---|
| LoC No. | 21018784 |
| Title | Invention: The Master-key to Progress |
| Contents | Invention in primeval times -- Invention in the Orient -- Invention in Greece -- Invention in Rome: its rise and fall -- Invention of the gun and of printing -- Columbus, Copernicus, Galileo and others -- The rise of electricity, steam and chemistry -- The age of steam, Napoleon and Nelson -- Inventions in steam, electricity, and chemistry create a dangerous era -- Certain important creations of invention, and their beneficent influence -- Invention and growth of liberal government and American Civil War -- Invention of the modern military machine, telephone, phonograph and preventive medicine -- The conquest of the ether; moving pictures; rise of Japan and the United States -- The fruition of invention -- The machine of civilization, and the dangerous ignorance concerning it, shown by statesmen -- The future. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | T: Technology |
| Subject | Inventions -- History |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 43965 |
| Release Date | Oct 17, 2013 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 33 downloads in the last 30 days. |
| Price | $0.00 |
