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Book/Printed Material 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.

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Title

  • 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.

Names

  • Wilkie, Franc B. (Franc Bangs), 1832-1892.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia and Chicago, J. A. Ruth & co., 1883.

Headings

  • -  Inventions--History
  • -  Inventors

Notes

  • -  Also available in digital form.

Medium

  • xvi, 17-687 p. incl. illus., plates, ports. 23 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • T15 .W68
  • Copy 2.

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 05033747

Online Format

  • image

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Wilkie, Franc B. 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. Philadelphia and Chicago, J. A. Ruth & co, 1883. Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/05033747/.

APA citation style:

Wilkie, F. B. (1883) 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. Philadelphia and Chicago, J. A. Ruth & co. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/05033747/.

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Wilkie, Franc B. 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. Philadelphia and Chicago, J. A. Ruth & co, 1883. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/05033747/>.