The Great Inventions: Their History, from the Earliest Period to the Present. Their Influence on Civilization, Accompanied by Sketches of Lives of the Principal Investors
The Great Inventions: Their History, from the Earliest Period to the Present. Their Influence on Civilization, Accompanied by Sketches of Lives of the Principal Investors
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 Another of its objects is to correct a popular igno rance in regard to the origin of inventions. It will endeavor to show that there is a widely-diffused belief as to the beginning of many practical appliances which is without foundation, as for instance that Stephenson constructed the first ...
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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 Another of its objects is to correct a popular igno rance in regard to the origin of inventions. It will endeavor to show that there is a widely-diffused belief as to the beginning of many practical appliances which is without foundation, as for instance that Stephenson constructed the first locomotive, that Fulton was the inventor of the steamboat that Jenner was the first to use vaccine matter as a remedy against small-pox. Innumerable errors of this kind are in existence, and should be corrected, not only in the interests of truth, but that credit for these great results should be dis tribut ed where they belong. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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