French Inventions of the Eighteenth Century /
The eighteenth century, age of France's leadership in Western civilization, was also the most flourishing period of French inventive genius. Generally obscured by England's great industrial development are the contributions France made in the invention of the balloon, paper-making machines...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Lexington]
University of Kentucky Press
[1952]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The balloon
- Steam transportation
- The telegraph
- Lighting
- Papermaking
- Chemical inventions
- Textiles
- Automata
- Other mechanical devices
- Military inventions
- Medicine and surgery
- Patents and encouragement.