Lincoln the inventor [electronic resource] / Jason Emerson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Emerson, Jason, 1975-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States--Biography.

Presidents.

Inventors--United States--Biography.

Inventors.

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

River boats.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.

Lincoln, Abraham.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (132 p.)

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Lincoln the Inventor, Jason Emerson offers the first treatment of Abraham Lincoln's invention of a device to buoy vessels over shoals and its subsequent patent as more than mere historical footnote. In this book, Emerson shows how, when, where, and why Lincoln created his invention; how his penchant for inventions and inventiveness was part of his larger political belief in internal improvements and free labor principles; how his interest in the topic led him to try his hand at scholarly lecturing; and how Lincoln, as president, encouraged and even contributed to

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:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

ISBN:

1-280-69689-3

9786613673855

0-8093-8671-2

1-4416-2334-5

OCLC:

817089056