| Publication |
London, Readers Digest Association, 2010.
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| Description |
160pBeige Spine
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| Series |
Adventure of discoveries and inventions
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| Summary/Abstract |
Marks the key discoveries and inventions around the early years of the Industrial Revolution.
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| Contents |
The story of inventions
The lightning conductor
The encyclopedie
Public museums
Roller skates
Jigsaw puzzles
The banjo
Pesticides
Joseph Priestley
Brakes
Circuses
Modernn chemistry
Antonie-Laurent de Lavoisier
Iron and steel bridges
Meteorology
Artificial insemination
The watch winder
The goniometer
Uranus
Balloons and airships
Steamships
Lifeboats
False teeth
Camembert cheese
The guillotine
The metric system
Gas lightning
The optical telegraph
The cotton gin
The corkscrew
Tinned food
Homeopathy
Smallpox vaccine
The Golden age of maritime exploration
Lithography
Machine tools
Classical musix
The jacquard loom
Infrared light
The electric battery
Napoleon's scientific and artistic commission
Morphine
The chromatic trumpet
Electroplating
Carbon paper
Rockets
Paris after the revolution
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| Standard Number |
9780276445170 Hb.
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