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LEADER: 02249cam 2200469I 4500
001 ocm01299638
003 OCoLC
005 20170626091535.0
008 750428s1961 nyua b 001 0 eng
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043 $an-us---
050 00 $aT212$b.D4
082 0 $a608.773
100 1 $aDe Camp, L. Sprague$q(Lyon Sprague),$d1907-2000.
245 14 $aThe heroic age of American invention.
250 $a[1st ed.].
260 $aGarden City, N.Y.,$bDoubleday,$c1961.
300 $a290 pages$billustrations$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aInvention comes to America -- The heroic age begins -- The Stevenses and railroading -- Henry, Morse, and the telegraph -- Colt and other gunmakers -- McCormick and farm machinery -- Ericsson and the modern warship -- Kelly and steel refining -- Mergenthaler, Sholes, and writing machines -- Bell and the telephone -- Edison and the electric lamp -- Thomson and alternating-current power -- Selden and the automobile -- Langley, the Wrights, and flying -- Fessenden, de Forest, and radio -- The end of the heroic era.
520 $aThe story of thirty-two men who made the modern American era.
650 0 $aInventors$zUnited States.
650 0 $aInventions.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory.
650 6 $aInventeurs$zÉtats-Unis.
650 6 $aInventions.
650 7 $aInventions.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00977993
650 7 $aInventors.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00978052
651 7 $aUnited States.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204155
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
776 08 $iOnline version:$aDe Camp, L. Sprague (Lyon Sprague), 1907-2000.$tHeroic age of American invention.$b[1st ed.].$dGarden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1961$w(OCoLC)655191967
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029 1 $aHEBIS$b107656620
994 $aZ0$bPMR
948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN PMR - 714 OTHER HOLDINGS