French inventions of the eighteenth century / Shelby T. McCloy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCloy, Shelby T. (Shelby Thomas), 1898-1973, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology--France--History--18th century.

Technology.

Inventors--France.

Inventors.

France--Intellectual life--18th century.

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Lexington, Kentucky] : University of Kentucky Press, 1952.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The eighteenth century, age of France's leadership in Western civilization, was also the most flourishing period of French inventive genius. Generally obscured by England's great industrial development are the contributions France made in the invention of the balloon, paper-making machines, the steamboat, the semaphore telegraph, gas illumination, the silk loom, the threshing machine, the fountain pen, and even the common graphite pencil. Shelby T. McCloy believes that these and many other inventions which have greatly influenced technological progress made prerevolutionary France the rival, i

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Preface; Contents; INTRODUCTION; I. THE BALLOON; II. STEAM TRANSPORTATION; III. THE TELEGRAPH; IV. LIGHTING; V. PAPERMAKING; VI. CHEMICAL INVENTIONS; VII. TEXTILES; VIII. AUTOMATA; IX. OTHER MECHANICAL DEVICES; X. MILITARY INVENTIONS; XI. MEDICINE AND SURGERY; XII. PATENTS AND ENCOURAGEMENT; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-6397-8

OCLC:

596050797