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Great lives from history. Inventors and inventions / editor, Alvin K. Benson.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Benson, Alvin K., editor.
Series:
Great lives from history.
Great Lives from History
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Inventors--Biography.
Inventors.
Inventions--History.
Inventions.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (4 volumes) : illustrations
Place of Publication:
Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press, 2009.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Provides in-depth critical essays on important men and women inventors of all time, from around the world.
Contents:
v. 1. ʻAbbas ibn Firnas - Philip Emeagwali
v. 2. John Ericsson - Irving Langmuir
v. 3. Lewis Howard Latimer - Charles Proteus Steinmetz
v. 4. George Stephenson - Vladimir Zworykin, Indexes.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9781587655234
1587655233
9781587655241
1587655241
9781587655265
1587655268
9781780341422
1780341423
9781587655296
1587655292
OCLC:
496519422

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