French Inventions of the Eighteenth Century /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McCloy, Shelby T. (Shelby Thomas), 1898-1973
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Lexington] University of Kentucky Press [1952]
Subjects:
1700-1799
Technology > France > History > 18th century.
Inventors > France.
Technologie > France > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Inventeurs > France.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > History.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
Intellectual life
Inventors
Technology
France > Intellectual life > 18th century.
France > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siècle.
France
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The balloon
  • Steam transportation
  • The telegraph
  • Lighting
  • Papermaking
  • Chemical inventions
  • Textiles
  • Automata
  • Other mechanical devices
  • Military inventions
  • Medicine and surgery
  • Patents and encouragement.

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