Great Inventors And Their Inventions (Yesterday's Classics)
by Frank P. Bachman Author
(revised from the back cover): Twelve stories of great inventions, grouped under Inventions of Steam and Electric Power (Part 1), Inventions of Manufacture and Production (Part 2), and Inventions of Printing and Communication (Part 3). [see the chapter divisions for a detailed list of which inventors/inventions are included] The final chapter introduces these famous inventors of the early twentieth century: Thomas Edison, Orville and Wilbur Wright, Guglielmo Marconi and John P. Holland. The story of each invention is interwoven with that of the life of its inventor. Through these stories the reader learns how big things are brought about, and on the traits of mind and heart which make for success. Suitable for ages 10 and up.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 1-59915-066-2
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 19
- Pages
- 286
- Geographical Setting
- mostly North America and Europe
- Historical Setting
- 1436 - 1919
- Publisher
- Yesterday's Classics
- Edition
- (originally published by American Book Company)
- Copyright
- 2006
- Written
- 1918
- URL
- http://www.yesterdaysclassics.com and www.m...
Chapters
- 1 Pt 1: James Watt and the Invention of the Steam Engine
- 2 Pt 1: Robert Fulton and the Invention of the Steamboat
- 3 Pt 1: George Stephenson and the Invention of the Locomotive
- 4 Pt 1: Invention of the Electric Engine and Electric Locomotive: Otto von Guericke (Germany), Alexander Volta (Italy), Prof. Oersted (Denmark), Sturgeon (England), Joseph Henry (America), Michael Faraday (England), Siemens (Germany), Edison (America)
- 5.1 Pt 2: The Invention of Spinning Machines: The Distaff and Spindle, The Spinning Wheel
- 5.2 Pt 2: The Invention of Spinning Machines: James Hargreaves and the Spinning Jenny
- 5.3 Pt 2: The Invention of Spinning Machines: Richard Arkwright and The Water Frame
- 5.4 Pt 2: The Invention of Spinning Machines: Samuel Crompton and the Mule
- 6 Pt 2: Eli Whitney and the Invention of the Cotton Gin
- 7 Pt 2: Elias Howe and the Invention of the Sewing Machine
- 8 Pt 2: Cyrus H. McCormick and the Invention of the Reaper
- 9 Pt 2: Henry Bessemer and the Making of Steel
- 10 Pt 3: John Gutenberg and the Invention of Printing
- 11 Pt 3: Samuel F.B. Morse and the Invention of the Telegraph
- 12 Pt 3: Alexander Graham Bell and the Invention of the Telephone
- 13.1 Pt 3: Other Famous Inventors of To-Day: Thomas A. Edison
- 13.2 Pt 3: Other Famous Inventors of To-Day: Orville and Wilbur Wright
- 13.3 Pt 3: Other Famous Inventors of To-Day: Guglielmo Marconi
- 13.4 Pt 3: Other Famous Inventors of To-Day: John P. Holland
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