Lincoln the inventor / Jason Emerson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Emerson, Jason, 1975-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.

Lincoln, Abraham.

Presidents--United States--Biography.

Presidents.

River boats.

Patents.

History.

United States.

Inventors--United States--Biography.

Inventors.

River boats--Patents--History--19th century.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xv, 111 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2009]

Summary:

In addition to his other accomplishment, Abraham Lincoln was the only U.S. President to hold a registered patent. Jason Emerson offers the first treatment of Lincoln’s invention of a device to buoy vessels over shoals and its subsequent patent in May 1849 as more than mere historical footnote. As Emerson demonstrates, Lincoln’S scientific curiosity helped drive his lifelong intellectual development and influenced his treatment of inventors and innovators both as a lawyer and as president.

Emerson gives a complete examination of this important yet little-known aspect of Lincoln’s life, delves into Lincoln’s intellectual curiosity and creativity, both as a civilian and as president, and considers how those traits contributed to his greatness and allow new insight into his character.

Contents:

Abraham Lincoln's mechanical mind

Lincoln's lecture on discoveries and inventions : the unknown draft

Appendix 1 : patent no. 6.469, May 22, 1849, Buoying vessels over shoals, Abraham Lincoln, of Springfield, Illinois

Appendix 2 : Lincoln's first and second lectures on discoveries and inventions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-107) and index.

ISBN:

0809328976

9780809328970

0809328984

9780809328987

OCLC:

229446307