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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

by: Wilkie, Franc B. (Franc Bangs), 1832-1892

Publication date: 1883

Topics: Inventions, Inventors

Publisher: Philadelphia and Chicago, J. A. Ruth & co.

Collection: cornell; americana

Contributor: Cornell University Library

Language: English

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