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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: McCloy, Shelby T. (Shelby Thomas), 1898-1973
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: [Lexington] University of Kentucky Press [1952]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Technology.
Inventors.
Intellectual life.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > History.
Inventeurs > France.
Technologie > France > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Inventors > France.
Technology > France > History > 18th century.
France.
France > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siecle.
France > Intellectual life > 18th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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