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Science and Invention

Science and Invention

Looks at inventors & inventions that changed our lives: the telegraph, photophone, animation, sewing machine, ice cream cone, nuclear fission, flight, & others. It includes Thomas Edison's journals & failed inventions, & Alexander Graham Bell's notebook entry describing the first successful experiment with the telephone (March 10, 1876). George Westinghouse, James Smithson, Benjamin Banneker, & Samuel Morse are among others profiled. (LOC)

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Material Type:: Collection
Date Added to MERLOT:: June 21, 2004
Date Modified in MERLOT:: November 30, 2018
Author:: American Memory, Library of Congress
Submitter:: Barbra Bied Sperling

Primary Audience:: College General Ed
Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Language:: English
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