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Lincoln the inventor / Jason Emerson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Emerson, Jason, 1975- author.
- Series:
- Concise Lincoln Library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Presidents--United States--Biography.
- Presidents.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
- Lincoln, Abraham.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (117 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale, Illinois : Southern Illinois University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- "An examination of Lincoln's invention and patent for a way to buoy boats through shallow waters. Shows an example of Lincoln's thinking, which had lasting impact on the way he viewed the world"-- Provided by publisher.
- 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 on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8093-3882-3
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