Author: Frank Dabba SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Leica camera
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
The Greatest Invention of the Leitz Family
Author: Frank Dabba SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Leica camera
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Great Inventions and Where They Came From
Author: Jackie GlassmanPublisher: Benchmark Education Company
ISBN: 1450906400
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
My Inventions
Author: Nikola TeslaPublisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486807215
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
One of science's great unsung heroes, Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) was a prophet of the electronic age. His research laid much of the groundwork for modern electrical and communication systems, and his impressive accomplishments include development of the alternating-current electrical system, radio, the Tesla coil transformer, wireless transmission, and fluorescent lighting. Yet his name and work are only dimly recognized today: Tesla's research was so groundbreaking that many of his contemporaries failed to understand it, and other scientists are unjustly credited for his innovations. The visionary scientist speaks for himself in this volume, originally published in 1919 as a six-part series in Electrical Experimenter magazine. Tesla recounts his boyhood in Croatia, his schooling and work in Europe, his collaboration with Thomas Edison, and his subsequent research. This edition includes the essay "The Problem of Increasing Human Energy: With Special Reference to the Harnessing of the Sun's Energy," which anticipates latter-day advances in environmental technology. Written with wit and �lan, this memoir offers fascinating insights into one of the great minds of modern science.
Obed Hussey, Who, of All Inventors, Made Bread Cheap
Author: Follett Lamberton GreenoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Greatest Inventions
Author: The Great Inventions
Author: Franc B. WilkiePublisher:
ISBN: 9781330824092
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
Excerpt from The Great Inventions: Their History, From the Earliest Period to the Present, Their Influence on Civilization, Accompanied by Sketches of Lives of the Principal Inventors; Their Labors, Their Hardships and Their Triumphs It is safe to assert that no class of effort has been as pre-eminent in the development of civilization as that of invention. It has given us substantially everything we possess which distinguishes us from our savage ancestors. When invention has slept, humanity has slept also, or else has retrograded towards barbarism. Effort so conspicuous, so deserving of commendation is entitled to more substantial recognition than it has yet received. Hitherto what has been said of invention has been scattered through the books. Nobody has apparently thought it worth while to collect what may be said of inventors and their works as has been done with other classes of efforts and the men who were prominent in their production. Frequently this has been done in cases where the classes of results have been far less influential than invention in the part played in the drama of the world's progress. It is to remedy this injustice that this work has been prepared. It will undertake to show how civilization has been influenced by invention, and how the latter has been the leader and not the follower of the former. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Great Inventions (Classic Reprint)
Author: Charles Greeley AbbotPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780282497675
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Excerpt from Great Inventions With this volume the Smithsonian Scientific Series is completed. It has cost more of efi'ort on the part of the Smithsonian Institution than was anticipated. An exact ing standard of accuracy and interest in text and illustra tions has required more time than was expected for the preparation of the books. It is my hope that the quality of the finished product may be found to justify the long delay in completion. As Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, I wish to thank the subscribers for the interest which they have evinced in its work and welfare. As a direct result of this interest, a large sum has already been added through royalties from sales of the Series, to the resources of the Institution, for the furtherance of its scientific investi gations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Great Invention
Author: Timothy FosterPublisher:
ISBN: 9780763556716
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
STORY OF GRT INVENTIONS
Author: Elmer Ellsworth 1868 BurnsPublisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781371770211
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
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The Great Inventions
Author: Franc Bangs WilkiePublisher: Nabu Press
ISBN: 9781295614332
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
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