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Lincoln the inventor / Jason Emerson.

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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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