title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
Little Masterpieces of Science:
Invention and Discovery | | en | | Franklin, B. Lightning identified with electricity -- Faraday, M. Preparing the way for the electric dynamo and motor -- Henry, J. Invention of the electric telegraph -- Iles, G. The first Atlantic cables -- Bell, A. G. The invention of the telephone -- Dam, H. J. W. Photographing the unseen -- Iles, G. The wireless telegraph -- Iles, G. Electricity, what its mastery means: with a review and a prospect -- Rumford, Count (B. Thompson) Heat and motion identified -- Stephenson, G. The "Rocket" locomotive and its victory. | Iles, George, 1852-1942 [Editor] | | 2009-06-25 |
The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest | Thompson, Holland, 1873-1940 | en | Chronicles of America series; v. 37 | | | Inventions -- History; Inventors -- United States | 2001-11-01 |
The Invention of the Sewing Machine | Cooper, Grace Rogers | en | | | | | 2010-06-04 |
Men of Invention and Industry | Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 | en | | Phineas Pett : beginnings of English shipbuilding -- Francis Pettit Smith, practical introducer of the screw propeller -- John Harrison, inventor of the marine chronometer -- John Lombe, introducer of the silk industry into England -- William Murdock, his life and inventions -- Frederick Koenig, inventor of the steam-printing machine -- The Walters of the "Times" : invention of the Walter press -- William Clowes : book-printing by steam -- Charles Bianconi : a lesson of self-help in Ireland -- Industry in Ireland : through Connaught and Ulster to Belfast -- Ship-building in Belfast / by E.J. Harland, engineer and shipbuilder -- Astronomers and students in humble life : a new chapter in the "Pursuit of knowledge under difficulties". | | Inventors -- Biography; Industrial arts -- Biography | 1996-11-01 |
The Invention of a New Religion | Chamberlain, Basil Hall, 1850-1935 | en | | | | Japan -- Civilization; Japan -- Religion | 2001-02-01 |
Second Book of Tales | Field, Eugene, 1850-1895 | en | | Humin natur' on the Hanb'ul 'nd St. Jo -- The mother in Paradise -- Mr. and Mrs. Blossom -- Death and the soldier -- The 'jinin' farms -- The angel and the flowers -- The child's letter -- The singer mother -- The two wives -- The wooing of Miss Woppit -- The talisman -- George's birthday -- Sweet-One-Darling and the dream fairies -- Sweet-One-Darling and the moon-garden -- Samuel Cowles and his horse Royal -- The werewolf -- A marvelous invention -- The story of Xanthippe -- Baked beans and culture -- Mlle. Prud'homme's book -- The demand for condensed music -- Learning and literature -- Die Walküre und der Boomerangelungen -- The works of Sappho. | | | 2007-06-11 |